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CancerVar: A New Bioinformatics Tool Developed for Clinical Interpretation of Cancer Mutations

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Millions of somatic cancer variants have been identified due to precision medicine and next-generation sequencing (NGS). On Saturday, researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have announced that they developed and launched a new bioinformatics software tool called CancerVar (cancer variant interpretation).

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Harnessing the power of data science and AI in life sciences

Drug Discovery World

Abbey Vangeloff is the Director of Business Development, Life Sciences, at Yahara Software. DDW’s Megan Thomas catches up with Vangeloff to learn why AI and data science are so important for the future of the sector. This, Vangeloff says, is the part they get excited about when working with life science clients.

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The use-case for NGS

Drug Discovery World

DG : I think the most impact is being made in personalised medicine. For example, perhaps they need a higher or lower than average dose of a specific medicine, or we could prescribe a completely different medicine that is tailored to the individual. RA: How accessible have NGS technologies become for life sciences researchers?

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Digitalising drug discovery

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As data and digital technology become vital to every aspect of life sciences, the industry is increasingly looking beyond biologists, chemists, and doctors to drive its drug development – and finding that technology has a chief role to play in the future of medicine. According to an article by Stephens, Zachary D.,

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Open science, genomics, and the quiet revolution in our approach to pharma

Drug Discovery World

Bioinformatics and genetic sequencing are starting to be placed front and centre of public research programmes as scientists from around the world recognise the substantial benefits of knowledge sharing and resource pooling when it comes to genetic science. What does open science look like?

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How Will Ultima Genomics and Genome Insight Make WGS Affordable?

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WGS remains at the core of developing personalized medicine against cancer as it provides valuable information for cancer etiology and progression. Biotech company Ultima Genomics has joined forces with Genome Insight, a bioinformatics-based biomedicine company, to overcome the caveat of cost and quality in WGS.

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Drug discovery’s latest top-level appointments

Drug Discovery World

Bill Dawson, Chair, Medicines Manufacturing Industry Partnership (MMIP): Dawson is Head of Biologics and Devices Manufacturing at GSK and has over 25 years’ experience in the vaccines, biopharma, pharmaceutical and clinical research (CRO) industries. He has a PhD in Bioinformatics from the University of Cambridge.

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