• Ancestry Launches NGS Tests With Family History Component

    Bio-IT World | Ancestry has launched AncestryHealth powered by Next Generation Sequencing. It is an upgrade to AncestryDNA + Traits, adding genetic health risk reports, a family health history tool, and other resources.

    Aug 4, 2020

  • One Small Step For Open Science, One Giant Leap For Metastasis Research

    Bio-IT World | In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, researchers from 19 academically affiliated international laboratories have agreed to share their cell line models specific to brain metastasis with pretty much anyone who asks for them.

    Aug 3, 2020

  • New Data on Genetic Expression In Severe COVID-19, Pre-Existing Immune Response

    Bio-IT World | Research continues to uncover the underlying biology of SARS-CoV-2 and reveal some surprises. A German team found that 35% of their healthy controls had pre-existing SARS-CoV-2 cross-reactive T cells, and several groups are narrowing down the gene expression signatures that might explain why COVID-19 is so severe in some patients.

    Jul 31, 2020

  • Celsius Therapeutics, Twist Bioscience, And More: News From July 2020

    Bio-IT World July featured exciting new, products, and partnerships from around the bio-IT community from innovating companies, organizations, and universities, including Celsius Therapeutics, Twist Bioscience, and more.

    Jul 30, 2020

  • Coronavirus Exposure Could Induce Long-Lasting Memory T Cells, Other COVID-19 News

    Bio-IT World | A new collaborative study suggests that infection and exposure to coronaviruses induces long-lasting memory T cells, which could help in the management of the current pandemic and in vaccine development against COVID-19. This, plus more, is included in this week’s COVID-19 news from the biotech and research industries.

    Jul 24, 2020