Bio-IT World
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It covers the application of informatics, IT and computer science in biomedical research and drug discovery. As the life sciences become an increasingly quantitative discipline, Bio-IT World provides topical news coverage and analysis of cutting-edge technologies to handle the data deluge in petascale computing and the tools to deliver individualized medicine.
Bio-IT World
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<div><p paraid="2080657607" paraeid="{1900345a-f1d8-4e2e-b517-0986111341f4}{35}"><b>By Bio-IT World Team </b></p></div><div><p paraid="1961844560" paraeid="{1900345a-f1d8-4e2e-b517-0986111341f4}{52}"><b>March 27, 2024 </b>| PacBio announced the PureTarget repeat expansion panel, a new solution designed to enable the comprehensive analysis of 20 genes associated with serious neurological disorders; Owkin and Sanofi take on immunology; new products from Beckman Coulter, Arrayjet, and PatientSight; and more.  ..read more
Bio-IT World
13h ago
<div><p paraid="964337715" paraeid="{d8ec363a-c613-4e11-bf35-36300facf0a5}{208}"><b>By Bio-IT World Staff </b></p></div><div><p paraid="1090431010" paraeid="{d8ec363a-c613-4e11-bf35-36300facf0a5}{216}"><b>March 26, 2024</b> | Capstan Therapeutics is advancing CPTX2309, their lead<i> in vivo</i> chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) candidate, to early clinical proof-of-concept in autoimmune disorders; Clasp is developing modular T cell engagers tailored to each patient’s immune system that a ..read more
Bio-IT World
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<div><p paraid="1445797133" paraeid="{baca0654-8def-4956-bc96-5d9e421d1272}{175}"><b>By Bio-IT World Staff </b></p></div><div><p paraid="1740588302" paraeid="{baca0654-8def-4956-bc96-5d9e421d1272}{181}"><b>March 22, 2024</b> | With the <a href="https://www.bio-itworldexpo.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bio-IT World Conference & Expo</a> less than a month away, we are busy marking our schedules and planning our week. </p></div><div><p paraid="70628520 ..read more
Bio-IT World
1w ago
<div><p paraid="326465575" paraeid="{e79e0235-4ed0-45e7-a9c2-07d6a7574893}{212}"><b>By Irene Yeh</b></p><p paraid="326465575" paraeid="{e79e0235-4ed0-45e7-a9c2-07d6a7574893}{212}"><b>March 21, 2024</b> | Patient-derived organoids (PDOs) are 3D cell cultures that mimic organs or tissues. Extracted from a patient’s cell or tissue samples, these cultures can be tested with different drugs, thus providing a more personalized approach to treatment options. Because PDOs have greatly helped with finding the right treatment for patients, they h ..read more
Bio-IT World
1w ago
<div><p paraid="188290535" paraeid="{a9dfb236-6cd0-405e-aaf5-0f378005bace}{192}"><b>By Bio-IT World Staff</b></p><p paraid="188290535" paraeid="{a9dfb236-6cd0-405e-aaf5-0f378005bace}{192}"><b>March 19, 2024 </b>| Bio-IT World today announced the 2024 Innovative Practices Awards winners. Six projects were honored. Companies driving the winning entries included AstraZeneca, DNAnexus, Pistoia Alliance, Regeneron, Tempus, and UK Biobank. </p></div><div><p paraid="671743874" paraeid="{a9dfb236-6cd0-405e-aaf5-0f3 ..read more
Bio-IT World
2w ago
<div><p paraid="646895349" paraeid="{6c34f80c-8801-472a-97a7-926c30220c73}{167}"><b>By Bio-IT World Staff </b></p></div><div><p paraid="1633774845" paraeid="{6c34f80c-8801-472a-97a7-926c30220c73}{173}"><b>March 14, 2024</b> | Cancer Grand Challenges—a global funding initiative co-founded by the National Cancer Institute and Cancer Research UK—has announced five new global teams selected to each receive up to $25M over five years to take on four of cancer’s toughest challenges.   ..read more
Bio-IT World
2w ago
<div><p paraid="457367137" paraeid="{5a9bc9e9-3d8f-4b6e-b3ac-5f5f2f574896}{188}"><b>By Deborah Borfitz</b></p></div><div><p paraid="1776791368" paraeid="{5a9bc9e9-3d8f-4b6e-b3ac-5f5f2f574896}{198}"><b>March 13, 2024</b> | When it comes to research on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), every stakeholder—most especially patients—knows time is of the essence. From diagnosis to death, life expectancy from the debilitating neuromuscular disease can be two years or less. “The time people give us is currency ..read more
Bio-IT World
2w ago
<div><p paraid="1740009840" paraeid="{fd7b2f29-5d73-4157-8563-8642d7d544ff}{176}"><b>By Deborah Borfitz </b></p></div><div><p paraid="1324106379" paraeid="{fd7b2f29-5d73-4157-8563-8642d7d544ff}{186}"><b>March 12, 2024</b> | Scientists from a trio of countries are calling for a new, more comprehensive way of classifying Parkinson’s disease for diagnostic research purposes that considers an individual’s biology. The disorder might thereby be detected before patients have any symptoms, as is now the case for ..read more
Bio-IT World
2w ago
<div><p paraid="271732867" paraeid="{1a95c099-6f42-41d3-bbe7-206b3e1bbe60}{181}"><b>By Paul Nicolaus</b></p></div><div><p paraid="1295065994" paraeid="{1a95c099-6f42-41d3-bbe7-206b3e1bbe60}{191}"><b>March 7, 2024</b> | The NIH Common Fund Human Biomolecular Atlas Program (HuBMAP) is “trying to map—to create a reference atlas—of the 37 trillion human cells in our body,” explained Katy Börner, a professor of intelligent systems engineering and information science and a lead PI on the mapp ..read more
Bio-IT World
3w ago
<div><p paraid="1290669189" paraeid="{99c7e908-5c25-4f02-aa4c-ec81a1bcb50f}{181}"><b>By Irene Yeh </b></p></div><div><p paraid="1266211705" paraeid="{99c7e908-5c25-4f02-aa4c-ec81a1bcb50f}{187}"><b>March 6, 2024 </b>| Change naturally happens everywhere. Yet, it is often met with resistance—sometimes even with outright hostility. But in an ever-evolving world, change is needed to inspire innovation and create new opportunities, and the biotech industry is no different. The question is, how do we overcome resistance ..read more