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BaseHealth, Labco Sign European Partnership
Bio-IT World | BaseHealth of Redwood City, Calif., has announced a partnership with the European diagnostics network Labco to deploy BaseHealth’s Genophen platform to thousands of physicians across Europe
Dec 8, 2014
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Druggability: An Underappreciated Issue in Translating the Human Genome Into Therapeutics
Omics! Omics! Blog | Keith Robison: "It's sobering to think how few of the targets of current therapeutics could be found from genomics data."
Dec 8, 2014
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Study finds support for newborn genetic testing among parents
Boston Herald | Most parents would like to have their newborns genetically tested for medical conditions and disorders, according to a new study published this wee
Dec 8, 2014
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Controversy Over CRISPR Patents
MIT Technology Review | As Editas Medicine claims exclusive licenses to use key intellectual property around the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system, many of the innovators of this technology are disputing patent priority, or even the right to patent foundational CRISPR engineering techniques.
Dec 5, 2014
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MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital Team Up on New Microbiome-Based Therapies
Bio-IT World | Eric Alm, co-director of the new Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics at MIT and MGH, talks microbial therapies, new regulatory models, and the public appeal of our microbes.
Dec 4, 2014
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Pharma Multi-Millionaire Gives 100 Million To University of North Carolina
Forbes | Former pharmaceutical executive Fred Eshelman has pledged $100 million to spur innovation at the UNC's pharmacy school.
Dec 4, 2014
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IP Deals Shed Light on Editas Medicine’s Strategy for CRISPR Gene Therapies
Bio-IT World | Editas Medicine, a Cambridge company tackling therapies based on CRISPR gene editing, announced three intellectual property licensing deals with major research institutions this week, gaining exclusive access to key CRISPR-related technologies.
Dec 2, 2014
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Hackers Target Pharma, Health Care Companies
New York Times | A hacking ring nicknamed Fin4 has been targeting pharma and healthcare companies by hacking into email accounts.
Dec 2, 2014
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Nature Makes Full Text Papers Available Via ReadCube
Nature News | Nature Publishing Group announced this morning that all of its research papers will now be free to read via ReadCube, a proprietary screen-view format that can be annotated but not copied, printed, or downloaded
Dec 2, 2014
