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Supercomputing supports genetic, cancer research in Arizona
There is a vast amount of data out there, from the millions of genomes of patients and their cancers to what must be billions of clinical research reports and medical records, but it's really...
Supercomputer software aids UK cancer researchers
Cancer researchers have seen how IT can advance--and limit--the pace of progress in their field. At Cancer Research UK, a new supercomputing workload management system has been integrated with an
IBM taps 'Watson-type' tech for drug research tool
By now, you've probably heard (at least once) about how IBM's ( $IBM ) Watson supercomputer bested some of the brightest human contestants on the game show Jeopardy! Now the tech giant is using what
GNS Healthcare CEO launches Forbes blog
Colin Hill has a new platform from which to speak out on "big data" analytics in healthcare and other hot topics. The CEO of GNS Healthcare, who should be known to many FierceBiotechIT ...
Biotech billionaire mounts digital attack on cancer
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong has taken part of his fortune made in the biotech game--via multibillion-dollar sales of his companies Abraxis and APP Pharmaceuticals--and spent it on a high-speed rail of
Scripps begins world's largest computer-based project against malaria
Malaria may have lost big when IBM's ( $IBM ) Watson supercomputer won Jeopardy! in February. Scientists from the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA have garnered a portion of Watson's...
Indiana U. zeros in on supercomputing for new genome analysis center
There's a new national hub to aid researchers trying to make sense of tsunamis of genomic data. With a new $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation, Indiana University is starting...
Robot scientist passes big bio test
Computers are always getting smarter. But sometimes the Watsons and Adams of the computer world generate big headlines. Now meet ABE (Automated Biology Explorer), a system that has generated...
NCI taps start-up GNS's supercomputing tech for lung cancer analysis
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) wants to employ some supercomputers to help its researchers conquer lung cancer--the cancer causing the most deaths among Americans. GNS Healthcare, a provider of
Supercomputing poised for leading R&D role in personalized medicine
Humans just aren't smart enough to realize the full potential of personalized medicine alone. And while modern sequencing platforms yield huge amounts of molecular data to advance studies,
