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The New Offensive on Alzheimer’s Disease Stop it Before it Starts
Newsweek | No medicine has been able to slow the progression of the disease, so researchers are taking an aggressive new approach.
Feb 17, 2017
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Data Conversations: Cycle, University of Arizona Researchers Model Strength Of The Cloud
Bio-IT World | When a University of Arizona researcher wanted to demonstrate the future of drug discovery for her students, she couldn’t do it on the local HPC cluster. She needed to do her experiment in the cloud.
Feb 17, 2017
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HIPAA In 2017 Is Not Your Old HIPAA; It’s Grown Teeth
Bio-IT World Contributed Commentary | In 2017, Health and Human Services and the Office for Civil Rights are both working hard to ensure that cloud providers are aligned with HIPAA.
Feb 16, 2017
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Broad Institute Prevails In Heated Dispute Over CRISPR Patents
STAT | In a one-sentence decision, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruled that key CRISPR patents awarded to the Broad Institute beginning in 2014 are sufficiently different from ones applied for by the University of California.
Feb 15, 2017
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Human Gene Editing Receives Science Panel’s Support
The New York Times | Pressed by controversial, advancing technology, an influential committee laid out the conditions under which human embryos might be engineered with heritable traits.
Feb 14, 2017
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Bionano Genomics Announces Global Launch Of Saphyr
Bio-IT World Brief | Bionano Genomics today announced the global commercial launch of Saphyr, its newest and most advanced system for genome mapping.
Feb 13, 2017
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Illumina Welcomes New Startups To Its Accelerator Program
Bio-IT World Brief | Illumina announced today that it has chosen three new startups to join its accelerator program, which provides investment capital and other resources to early-stage companies developing new genomic technologies and applications.
Feb 10, 2017
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A Call For Academic Drug Companies
In The Pipeline | Derek Lowe, in his blog for Science Translational Medicine, offers his thoughts on the question, "How Much Longer Will We Put Up With $100,000 Cancer Drugs?"
Feb 10, 2017
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MyHeritage Announces Yaniv Erlich As New Chief Science Officer
Bio-IT World Brief | Yaniv Erlich is joining Israeli online genealogy platform company, MyHeritage, as Chief Science Officer.
Feb 9, 2017
