News and Trends 2 Jan 2017 An EU Project will tackle Multiple Sclerosis using Personalized Multi Omics The MultipleMS Consortium has been granted €15M by the EU Horizon 2020 to improve the treatment of multiple sclerosis using personalized medicine. The EU Horizon 2020 has kicked off the year with a project to develop, validate, and exploit methods for the personalized treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS). The 21 institutions from 12 European countries and […] January 2, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 1 Dec 2016 7 European Institutions in the Largest Cancer Bioinformatics Collaboration Europe’s best companies using bioinformatics to tackle cancer will take part in a huge collaboration aimed at developing personalized cancer vaccines. Three biotech companies and four research institutions from Europe are taking part in the Tumor Neoantigen Selection Alliance (TESLA). This is one of the biggest oncology collaborations ever, consisting of 30 organizations and led by […] December 1, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 14 Nov 2016 USB key Diagnostic could help manage HIV Treatment Anywhere A new method of gene sequencing has brought us an HIV diagnostic on a “USB stick”, which determines the levels of the virus with one drop of blood and in under 30 minutes. Once perfected, the technology could be the tool for HIV management as glucose meters are for diabetes. While pharma and research work […] November 14, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 27 Oct 2016 €36M Fundraising to Sequence the Genome of Ireland Genomics Medicine Ireland (GMI) has raised €36M ($40M) in series A to sequence the genome of the Irish and use the info for the development of new drugs and diagnostics. Genomics Medicine Ireland (GMI) is committed to revolutionizing health care with whole-genome sequencing. The company just raised €36M ($40M) in Series A that will be used to […] October 27, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 26 Oct 2016 Proteins can now Sing about their Anomalies to help cure Diseases Researchers are generating melodies from proteins’ structures. It could be used to understand protein folding and anomalies that contribute to disease. Protein folding is an infamously difficult phenomenon to understand and predict from sequence data. A collaboration between a resident composer at the University of Tempere in Finland and a scientist at the Francis Crick […] October 26, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 11 Mar 2015 Vitic database, the new must-have tool The latest version of the Vitic Intermediates database, chemical database and information management system, has been released by Lhasa Limited, a leading global supplier of knowledge based software and associated databases. Initiated in 2006, Vitic Intermediates is a cross industry data sharing consortium created and co-ordinated by Lhasa Limited, through the Vitic Nexus platform, supported by […] March 11, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Lourdes Riquelme Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email