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Open Source Machine Learning Helps the Fight Against Cancer

Here's an open invitation to steal. It goes out to cancer fighters and tempts them with a new program that predicts cancer drug effectiveness via machine learning and raw genetic data.
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Unwrapping the Reindeer Genome Reveals Evolutionary Secrets

The identification of 335 reindeer-specific genes is likely to aid in understanding the special biological characteristics of this iconic species.
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Cambridge Epigenetix Strengthens Leadership Team to Support Development of Epigenetics-Based Diagnostics

Hayden Jeffreys joins CEGX as Chief Operating Officer and Dr Joanne Mason as VP of Biomarker Discovery.
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Nicotine's Hold: What the Gut and Gender Have To Do With It

Studies show that women in particular seem to have a harder time quitting, even with assistance, when compared to men. Now, using high-throughput sequencing and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry, scientists report that the difference in gender smoking patterns and smoking's effects could be due to how nicotine impacts the brain-gut relationship.
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Scottish Equity Partners Announces Investment in Dotmatics

Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) completes a significant investment in Dotmatics.
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New Blood Test Developed to Diagnose Ovarian Cancer

Investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute are leveraging the power of artificial intelligence to develop a new technique to detect ovarian cancer early and accurately.
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Helping the Fight Against TB: Researchers Solve Decade Long Mystery

Scientists have solved a decade-old mystery that could eventually lead to the development of earlier treatments for one of the world’s deadliest diseases, which affects up to 2 billion people.
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Horizon Discovery Partners with The Michael J. Fox Foundation

Innovative and relevant models for understanding alpha-synuclein biology and Parkinson’s disease pathogenesis in vivo.
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27 Novel Cancer Genes Discovered Using New Toolkit

A new statistical model has enabled researchers to pinpoint 27 novel genes thought to prevent cancer from forming, in an analysis of over 2000 tumours across 12 human cancer types.
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Why is Egg-based Production of the Flu Vaccine Causing Issues?

According to a new study from scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), the common practice of growing influenza vaccine components in chicken eggs disrupts the major antibody target site on the virus surface, rendering the flu vaccine less effective in humans.
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