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Amazon Genomics CLI Seeks to Improve Integration of Bioinformatics With AWS Cloud
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The company calls the new software tool another "on ramp" to Amazon Web Services for petabyte-scale computing applications.

Lifebit Biotech Closes $60M Series B Funding Round

The London-based biomedical software company expects to continue to expand its staff and widen its global reach.

MemVerge Hopes 'Big Memory Computing' Will Accelerate Bioinformatics Data Processing
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The Silicon Valley startup recently announced deals with Penn State, TGen, and Analytical Biosciences to cut computational time and improve data recovery.

Microsoft Azure Joins NIH STRIDES Cloud Computing Program

STRIDES, which already contracts with AWS and Google Cloud, is making Azure AI and machine learning services available to NIH-funded biomedical researchers.

Crown Hosting Wins £1.3M Genomics England Data Contract

The contract award did not specify the nature of the 32-month contract with UK public-sector data host Crown Hosting Data Centres.

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Not Immediately Told

The US National Institutes of Health tells lawmakers that one of its grantees did not immediately report that it had developed a more infectious coronavirus, Science says.

Seems Effective in Kids

The Associated Press reports that the Pfizer-BioNTech SARS-CoV-2 vaccine for children appears to be highly effective at preventing symptomatic disease.

Intelligence Warning on Bioeconomy Threats

US intelligence warns over China's focus on technologies and data related to the bioeconomy, the New York Times reports.

PLOS Papers on Campylobacteriosis Sources, Inherited Retinal Dystrophies, Liver Cancer Prognosis

In PLOS this week: approach to uncover source of Campylobacteriosis, genetic risk factors for inherited retinal dystrophies, and more.