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US Scientist Who Edited Human Embryos With CRISPR Responds To Critics
MIT Technology Review | Facing criticism from fellow scientists, the researcher behind the world's largest effort to edit human embryos with CRISPR is vowing to continue his effort to develop what he calls "IVF gene therapy."
Aug 8, 2018
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A New Machine Learning Approach To Document Classification – A Pfizer/SciBite Collaboration
Bio-IT World | To address the issues surrounding knowledge transfer, Pfizer and SciBite collaborated on the development of ClassifR, a web-based tool that combines SciBite’s NER platform with novel machine learning (ML) approaches to automate the process of metadata extraction and alignment of incoming documents against a user-defined hierarchy.
Aug 8, 2018
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Prototypes Of China’s Exascale Supercomputers Point To Some New Realities
TOP500 | Two prototypes of China's initial batch of exascale supercomputers are now up and running according to local news reports. And neither of them appears to be based on x86 technology.
Aug 6, 2018
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Bluebird, Regeneron Team Up To Make Cell Therapies For Cancer
Xconomy | Regeneron and Bluebird have struck a wide-ranging deal to broaden the reach of their respective cancer immunotherapy work, inking a deal to develop multiple cell therapies together.
Aug 6, 2018
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Denial And Data Science: How You Must Change Your Thinking To Work In A Data Driven Environment
Bio-IT World | At the 2018 Bio-IT World Conference & Expo, we dedicated a plenary session to a panel discussion on data science. Wanting to offer the conversation to our community, we asked Samantha G. Zeitlin about the optimal environment to grow data science, the skillsets necessary in the data science industry, and more.
Aug 3, 2018
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Precision Communication For Precision Medicine: How NIH’s All Of Us Is Tackling Patient Recruitment
Clinical Informatics News | In May, the National Institutes of Health launched national open enrollment for their All of Us Research Program. Now, the precision medicine is looking to make a difference in their approach to outreach.
Aug 2, 2018
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Quartzy, ACD/Labs, Eli Lilly, And More: News From July 2018
Bio-IT World | July featured exciting new, products, and partnerships from around the bio-IT community from innovating companies, organizations, and universities, including Quartzy, ACD/Labs, Eli Lilly, and more.
Jul 30, 2018
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What AI Professionals Worry About As AI Clears The Hype Curve
Bio-IT World | When it comes to a hype curve, AI is coasting along it. This spring, Bio-IT World surveyed 124 professionals from pharma, biotech, academia, and more about the biggest opportunities and concerns associated with AI.
Jul 26, 2018
