• GWAS Study Identifies Variant In African Populations Tied To Obesity

    Bio-IT World Brief | An international team of researchers has conducted the first study of its kind to look at the genomic underpinnings of obesity in continental Africans and African Americans.

    Mar 14, 2017

  • Qatar Genome Programme Launches Research Consortium

    Bio-IT World Brief | More than 90 genomics researchers gathered recently for the launch of the Qatar Genome Programme’s research consortium (QGPRC). The consortium is the latest step in QGP’s precision medicine implementation efforts.

    Mar 13, 2017

  • Possible Cures. Mystery Deaths. Daunting Costs. Can CAR-T Be Tamed?

    Xconomy | This seems to be a watershed year for CAR-T therapy. The field's first-ever regulatory approval is looking like a strong possibility. However, the supercharged T cells remain an enigma.

    Mar 13, 2017

  • Disabling Data Analysis Paralysis

    Bio-IT World | As the sheer complexity of the microbiome threatens to slow scientific progress, researchers tackle data dilemmas by harnessing the power of free and open source analysis tools.

    Mar 9, 2017

  • JAX Receives Federal Grant To Improve CRISPR-Cas9

    Bio-IT World Brief | A two-year grant totaling $455,000 from the National Institutes of Health to The Jackson Laboratory will support research to improve the accuracy and efficiency of genome editing for research, drug testing, and future therapeutic delivery.

    Mar 7, 2017

  • Integrated Future: GeneInsight’s New Home At Sunquest

    Bio-IT World | Sunquest acquired GeneInsight last April. Since then, GeneInsight has been fitting in well with its role as a data workflow pipeline for the laboratory information systems company.

    Mar 6, 2017

  • This Speck Of DNA Contains A Movie, A Computer Virus, And An Amazon Gift Card

    The Atlantic | In the famous double-helices of life's fundamental molecule, researchers from the New York Genome Center and Columbia University have encoded, along with a computer operating system, a photo, a scientific paper, a computer virus, an Amazon gift card, and a classic silent film.

    Mar 3, 2017

  • Catching Up On Oxford Nanopore News More Better Meth & Huge

    Omics! Omics! Blog | Keith Robison looks at the latest news from Oxford Nanopore: a MinKNOW upgrade that doubles performance; a new basecaller; and long reads.

    Mar 2, 2017