Bioinformatics News, Reviews & Resources

News and Trends 2 Feb 2023

AstraZeneca creates FRAGLER for DNA synthesis

“Plasmids are critical for so many processes in early drug discovery,” says David Öling, associate principal scientist at AstraZeneca. “From…

February 2, 2023 - 6 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 16 Dec 2022

HKUMed discovery may lead to therapeutic targets for cancer

Researchers from the Department of Clinical Oncology, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong…

December 16, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 26 Oct 2022

Almaden Genomics launches g.nome platform

Almaden Genomics has launched g.nome, a cloud-native platform designed to streamline genomic workflows and accelerate genomic discovery. Leveraging a visual…

October 26, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Best in Biotech 28 Sep 2022

The 5 hottest private biotechs in South Africa

Biotechnology companies are sprouting in South Africa’s maturing life sciences industry. We’ve listed five private biotech companies that have turned…

September 28, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 15 Sep 2022

So much data – Spanish researchers develop The Bioteque to pool biological knowledge

There’s a lot of research going on around the world, and that means lots of data. On a personal level,…

September 15, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 12 Sep 2022

Enterome presents more data on therapeutic cancer treatment

Clinical stage biopharma company Enterome has presented new data from its two phase 1/2 clinical trials of its OncoMimics cancer…

September 12, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Metagenomics: unlocking the secrets of microbial communities

The combination of advanced sequencing technologies and user-friendly data analysis solutions is bringing metagenomics into the reach of more scientists,…

August 30, 2022 - 6 minutesmins - By Julia Kaiser

News and Trends 28 Jun 2022

Biogen, citing insurance challenges, shutters one of its Aduhelm studies

A company says it was forced to end an observational trial of Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm, after a ruling by US…

June 28, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 29 Apr 2022

Denmark Recruits Lifebit to Boost Personalized Medicine with Genomics

The Danish National Genome Center has teamed up with the UK firm Lifebit to improve the access and sharing of…

April 29, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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News and Trends 5 Apr 2022

WHO Beefs up Worldwide Genomic Surveillance to Prevent Pandemics

The World Health Organization has released a 10-year plan to monitor the genetic make-up of pathogens across the globe. The…

April 5, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Anita Chakraverty

News and Trends 28 Jan 2022

AI Hot in Healthcare Despite IBM’s Watson Health Pullout

Earlier this week, the tech giant IBM sold off chunks of its once-promising artificial intelligence (AI)-guided division Watson Health. Despite…

January 28, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 26 Jan 2022

Bioinformatics Startups in Focus as SeqOne Genomics Bags €20M

The French company SeqOne Genomics has raised €20M in a Series A round as growing investments reach startups delivering the…

January 26, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

Taking Immune Monitoring to a Whole New Level

[caption id="attachment_61618" align="alignleft" width="300"] Dr. Shahram Kordasti, hematologist and senior lecturer[/caption] In 2018, there were approximately 3,400 active agents in…

February 27, 2019 - 5 minutesmins - By Larissa Warneck-Silvestrin

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In Depth 4 Sep 2018

The Past, Present and Future of Genome Sequencing

The last two decades have seen a revolution in genome sequencing with dramatic increases in speed and efficiency coupled with…

September 4, 2018 - 9 minutesmins - By Editorial Team

Brain Metabolomics: A New Angle on Neurodegenerative Disorders

Neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis (MS), are notoriously difficult to treat mainly because, despite decades of…

May 14, 2018 - 5 minutesmins - By External Contributor