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Virtualitics Helps Oncologists Answer Tough Flu Question

Do flu outbreaks correspond with a greater chance of dying for lung cancer patients? It may seem like a straightforward question at first, but once you dig into it, you realize it’s not so easy to answer. But thanks to Read more…

Two Cancer-Fighting Startups Gain a Foothold in AWS

The cloud is a natural place for startups that have large computing and data storage needs but also have uncertain futures. For two startups aiming to stop cancer, including Lyell Immunopharma and Hurone AI, the public c Read more…

AI Enlisted to Track Complex Chemical Interactions in People

If you like multi-variant statistics, then you're going to love what Melissa Strong, PhD., is doing at IndiOmics, the biotechnology company she founded to gain a greater understanding on how chemicals interact with -- an Read more…

Obama, NIH Announce Big Data Gathering Push for Precision Medicine

One could be forgiven for experiencing a bit of hopeful, skepticism in response to U.S. President Barack Obama Administration’s statement in May regarding re-energizing the “War Against Cancer.” The war against can Read more…

This Week’s Big Data Big Ten

This week's big data big ten for week ending May 4 includes data-intensive system news out of Australia, big genomics investments at key U.S. research centers, some multi-million sum investments in analytics platforms, and a few other items of interest, including HPCC Systems' move into Asia. Read more…

Wrangling Big Data to Fight Pediatric Cancer

As Dr. Anatol Blass writes, a new bottleneck that has emerged in the fight against childhood cancer--at least from a computational standpoint. Researchers are drowning in data and the trick is how to efficiently manage the volume and complexity of that data while making it secure yet accessible to many..... Read more…

New Platform Caters to Cancer Research

Personalized medicine is quickly moving from concept to reality with a number of new advancements that harness big data and the ecosystem that have built up around it. Last Thursday, IBM announced that it has launched... Read more…

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