Through this partnership, the companies hope to help oncologists make better testing and treatment decisions, as well as improve clinical trial matching.
As a formal not-for-profit, the group is able to raise funds from private entities and enter into formal contracts as it positions itself as an international standards organization.
Led by DNAstack and supported by Canada's Digital Technology Supercluster, COVID Cloud looks to build a nationwide bioinformatics infrastructure to address the pandemic.
Developed by Lausanne University Hospital and presented at AMIA, the technology simulates malicious attacks on personal genomic data to risk scores for specific disclosures.
Yale University researchers have developed a file-format manipulation approach to block access to certain variants to protect participants' sensitive information.
To support the 1+ Million Genomes Initiative, the EC has funded a new project, called Beyond 1 Million Genomes, with €4 million over the next three years.
The New York Times reports that experts say President Joe Biden's goal of vaccinating 1 million people a day in the US in the next 100 days is too low a bar.
