• Bina Pushes Toward Clinic with New SAB Members

    Bio-IT World | Bina Technologies has announced an expanded Scientific Advisory Board including three new clinical genomicists and a bioinformatician. The additions herald an increased interest in clinical genomics space.

    Feb 10, 2014

  • A Crisper Image of Cas9 Structure

    Bio-IT World News Brief | A new study of the Cas9 protein, used in both natural and artificial CRISPR gene editing complexes, reveals its crystal structure and new information on its partnership with gRNA to target specific DNA sequences for cleaving.

    Feb 7, 2014

  • Stanford Hospitals Open Clinical Genomics Service

    Bio-IT World News Brief | Two hospitals associated with the Stanford School of Medicine today announced the opening of a new Clinical Genomics Service, becoming the latest clinical centers to use broad genome sequencing to make difficult diagnoses.

    Feb 6, 2014

  • New Industry Report on Prenatal Diagnostics

    Bio-IT World | A new report from the Insight Pharma Reports series highlights the changing landscape of prenatal diagnostics, featuring interviews with executives from leading companies in the field.

    Feb 6, 2014

  • Natera NIPT to Expand Into Microdeletions

    Business Wire | Natera announced today that the company's Panorama non-invasive prenatal test will soon cover conditions like DiGeorge syndrome, which are caused by small deletions along the length of the chromosome.

    Feb 5, 2014

  • Deanna Church Brings Reference Genome Expertise to Personalis

    Bio-IT World | Deanna Church, longtime leader of the NCBI contributions to the Genome Reference Consortium, has joined Stanford-area startup Personalis offering genome interpretation and genetic diagnostics. Bio-IT World spoke with her about her new role using the human reference genome that she has contributed so much to.

    Feb 5, 2014

  • Illumina Speaks About Plans for Clinical Sequencing

    Clinical Informatics News | Illumina will use 2014 to continue development of new diagnostic applications for the MiSeqDx, including in the oncology space, and to submit the HiSeq 2500 for FDA approval.

    Feb 4, 2014

  • Thermo Fisher Closes Life Technologies Buy

    Bio-IT World News Brief | Thermo Fisher Scientific announced yesterday that it has finally completed its acquisition of Life Technologies, following months of preparation and negotiations with both the FTC and European Commission to approve the purchase.

    Feb 4, 2014