• 100,000 Genomes Project Expected to Meet Goal with New Funding

    Science Insider | U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that Genomics England, the publicly-owned company created one year ago with the mission of sequencing 100,000 human genomes, will receive the funding to reach its goal by the end of 2017.

    Aug 4, 2014

  • What You Need to Know About the FDA's Push to Regulate Laboratory Developed Tests

    Bio-IT World | On Thursday afternoon, the FDA announced that it plans, for the first time, to regulate laboratory developed tests in the same way it does other diagnostics. Bio-IT World looks at the proposed regulations and what comes next.

    Aug 1, 2014

  • Craig Venter on the State of Genomics

    Technology Review | Craig Venter talked to MIT's Technology Review about genomics and  his new hire--the former head of Google Translate. When asked about how we're doing in genomics, Venter was terse.

    Aug 1, 2014

  • July News and Product Briefs

    Bio-IT World | News and product releases from around the industry, including new research initiatives in autism, lung cancer, malaria, and Phelan-McDermid Syndrome, and a new device for isolating circulating tumor cells.

    Jul 31, 2014

  • Pad Pipetter Eases Tedious Lab Work

    Bio-IT World News Brief | The Yaniv Erlich lab at MIT's Whitehead Institute, famous for its pioneering work in "genome hacking," has released an app to help lab technicians with complex pipetting procedures.

    Jul 30, 2014

  • Cambridge-Based Emulate Plans to Jumpstart Organ-on-a-Chip Market

    Bio-IT World | Emulate is not the first company to test the drug industry’s readiness for organs-on-chips, but after five years incubating at Harvard’s Wyss Institute, it’s entering the field with big industry partners, a plug-and-play product suite, and a toehold at the FDA.

    Jul 30, 2014

  • 23andMe Gets $1.4m from NIH, Publishes Parkinson's Research

    Bio-IT World | 23andMe announced this morning a two-year grant of almost $1.4 million from the National Institutes of Health to expand development of the company’s database and research engine, and its participation in a large-scale GWAS study of Parkinson's disease.

    Jul 29, 2014

  • Cloud Weakness Exploited to Launch DDoS Attacks

    Computerworld | Attackers can target Amazon EC2 instances by exploiting a vulnerability in distributed search engine software, Computerworld is reporting. Researchers have found new variants of a Trojan program for Linux that launches denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks running on EC2 instances.

    Jul 28, 2014

  • Testing an Accelerated Path for Biosimilars

    Bio-IT World News Brief | For the first time, the FDA has accepted an application for a generic version of a biologic drug under the new regulatory pathway established by the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2010.

    Jul 28, 2014

  • Cypher Genomics Signs Deal with Illumina, Expands Executive Team

    Bio-IT World News Brief | Cypher Genomics yesterday announced a sales deal with Illumina and added a host of new players to executive board positions.

    Jul 25, 2014

  • With $650 Million Gift, Psychiatric Disorders Once Again in Limelight at the Broad

    Bio-IT World | Ted Stanley, the philanthropist whose 2007 gift of $100 million formed the basis of the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute, has pledged an additional $650 million to the center.

    Jul 23, 2014