A new strain of virus named after Washington University

A new strain of virus has been identified by the medical school and named the “WU” virus after Washington University. The virus, a type known as a polyomavirus, is closely related to two others, JC and BK, which attack the nervous system of HIV patients and cause kidney transplants to fail, respectively. The virus has [...]

Transposon insertion site profiling chip (TIP-chip)

Transposon insertion site profiling chip (TIP-chip) was invented by Researchers at the Johns Hopkins’ High Throughput Biology Center. Tip-chip can be used to help identify otherwise elusive disease-causing mutations in the 97 percent of the genome long believed to be “junk.” TIP-chip (transposable element insertion point) can locate in the genome where so-called jumping genes [...]

Microsoft acquires health-care software company

Microsoft has acquired the assets of Global Care Solutions Ltd., a health-care software company in Bangkok, Thailand Global Care Solutions comprises a fully integrated hospital information system and Radiology RIS/PACS complete with image archiving, patient and bed management, laboratory, pharmacy, radiology, pathology, financial accounting, materials management and HR systems

Affymetrix and Illumina in war path again as fresh patent litigation on microarray patents

Illumina and Affymetrix have been in a patent battle since 2004. In its second wave of patent infringement litigation cas against illumina filed in UK, Germany and US, Affymetrix has targeted technology offered by Solexa, the company acquired by Illumina in January 2007, as well as all of Illumina’s BeadArray(TM) products. The new case is [...]

free web-based LIMS (Laboratory Information Management) System and ELN for Science Research

Your Lab Data is a free web-based LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System), aimed at a typical small molecular biology laboratory. It allows users to manage their chemicals, fridges, freezers, boxes, strains, plasmids or glycerol’s, oligos / primers and much more. Register

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Medicine OnDemand

Move over the TeleMedicine and the usual chutzpah, Yesd Web2.0 is a bubble thats going to burst, but in healthcare field strangled by Insurannce companies, web2.0 is giving a whiff of relief to some people atleast , How!  WebMD ,MayoClinic ,eMedTV are few site that offers to help you through videos, blogs and other channels Officials at the Department of Health [...]

Final week to register for 2007 Emerging Technology Awards

Final week to register for 2007 Emerging Technology Awards Join the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal as we honor the companies on the forefront of technology and celebrate those who are leading the way in innovation and entrepreneurship at the 2007 Emerging Technology Awards. Reserve your spot now! Registration deadline is Friday, October 26, 2007. [...]

Online Drug Discovery Database Launch

Assay Depot is claiming to become an on-demand” drug discovery services. The company is has launched Internet marketplace for the pharmaceutical services industry. By acting as a single point of contact between drug researchers and research service providers, the Assay Depot dramatically improves the efficiency of drug discovery research and, ultimately, helps deliver better and [...]

Microsoft Research, HIV, SPAM – MS anti-spam techniques help research HIV vaccines

Ever heard of the Teiresias algorithm, for spam detection developed by Chung-Kwei at IBM – the algorithm was developed in the bioinformatics group of IBM to detect patterns in DNA This algorithm is tested for SPAM detection- discussed in my  my earlier bioinformatics post So you may be wodering whats thats got to do with [...]

Affymetrix launches Affymetrix University an education effort

Affymetrix  launched Affymetrix University, a series of courses that will be held throughout Europe and North America. Santa Clara-based Affymetrix  said the courses give biologists a better understanding of how to design their microarray experiments successfully with appropriate quality control, and how to apply statistical methods to interpret biological results more effectively. for more details [...]

Twine is released in Web2.0 summit – the web3.0 application funded by Microsoft founder

Radar Networks announced an invitation-only beta test of its new “semantic web” application, Twine. Today, at the Web 2.0 Summit, Twine provides a smarter way for people to leverage and contribute to the combined brainpower of their relationships. “We call this ‘knowledge networking,’” said Radar Networks Founder and CEO Nova Spivack. “It’s the next evolution [...]

Microsoft Research, Indian Institute of Science Collaborate

Microsoft Research announced a sponsored research and collaboration agreement with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore, India, to accelerate the scientific discovery process by increasing computational power in scientific and engineering research. This is the first agreement Microsoft Research has signed in India as part of a global effort to collaborate with leading [...]

Gene Logic sells in genomics division

It hardly a week I have wrote about acquisition and mergers , it seems the rain is noit going to stop any time soon, the latest one , to give away the home plate is Genelogic agreeing to sell its genomics division to India HQ Ocimum Biosolutions subject to the authorization of the transaction at [...]

Mergers Acquisitions Consolidation-Microarray Industry bubble in making- The days are numbered

Bioinformatics promise has already had its brush with plenty of resistance, not it seems the time for microarray industry with consolidation and acqusitions and megers announced almost every week. The slow adoption and too many fragmented with disparate standards has made the industry a victim of its own success. the new kid on the block [...]

Oracle Openworld 2007- Personalized Genomics session

Its the time -Personalized Genomics Advances in genetic information and laboratory technologies mean new ways to diagnose disease and determine patient risk. The wealth of genetic information makes it harder to provide meaningful information. During Oracle OpenWorld 2007 Oracle is presenting how laboratory information systems principles and Oracle customer relationship management and enterprise resource planning [...]

Microsoft launches Personal Healthcare Intiative -conversation with Peter Neupert VP of Microsoft’s Health Solutions Group about HealthVault

After Google announced the personal genomics and healthcare library intitaitves it is now the turn of Microsoft offering free personal health records on the Web Microsoft announced HealthVault, an online platform where personal electronic health records can be stored. The company’s consumer health offering includes a personal health record, as well as Internet search tailored [...]