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First CRISPR Clinical Trial Backed By US Companies Launches
STAT | The first clinical trial of CRISPR-Cas9, co-sponsored by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, will test the genome-editing technique in patients with the blood disorder beta thalassemia.
Aug 31, 2018
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Is Machine Learning Overhyped?
Chemical & Engineering News | Chemists weigh in on the technique's possibilities and its pitfalls.
Aug 31, 2018
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Microsoft Announces General Availability Of Azure CycleCloud
Bio-IT World | Yesterday Microsoft announced the general availability of Azure CycleCloud, a tool for creating, managing, operating, and optimizing HPC clusters of any scale in Azure born from Microsoft’s acquisition last August of Cycle Computing.
Aug 30, 2018
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Peerwith Uses Blockchain In Peer-2-Peer Marketplace, Introduces New Payment Token
Bio-IT World | Peer-to-peer scientist marketplace, Peerwith, recently launched their blockchain-based payment token, PeerScienceCoin, hoping to hold value for the wider researcher services ecosystem and help solve current problems around payments and micro-payments in academia.
Aug 30, 2018
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HudsonAlpha, Dell EMC, St. Jude, And More: News From August 2018
Bio-IT World | August featured exciting new, products, and partnerships from around the bio-IT community from innovating companies, organizations, and universities, including HudsonAlpha, Dell EMC, St. Jude, and more.
Aug 29, 2018
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British Heart Foundation Launches Interdisciplinary, International Challenge
Bio-IT World The British Heart Foundation (BHF) launched the Big Beat Challenge over the weekend. The £30 million award is one of the largest and most ambitious of its kind: a challenge to scientists, clinicians, innovators, and entrepreneurs to identify a significant unmet need or opportunity for game-changing innovation in heart and circulatory science or medicine. The award will prioritize international and interdisciplinary entries.
Aug 27, 2018
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23andMe Cuts Off API Access To Outside Developers
CNBC | 23andMe will prevent third-party apps from accessing its customers' raw genetic information, and will only let them use reports from the company.
Aug 24, 2018
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Sharing Is Caring: Why The Pharma Industry Must Work Together To Encourage Patients To Share Their Data
Bio-IT World Contributed Commentary | From who’s got it, to how is it being used, and who is sharing it without our permission, our personal data appears to be becoming less personal by the day. This has significant implications when it comes to personal patient, health, and fitness data, where the impact could be particularly worrisome.
Aug 22, 2018
