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NEW NIH BIG DATA CENTER OF EXCELLENCE known as Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) to make quantum jump. "The goal of BD2K is to enhance the ability to analyze the ever-expanding amount of data of all types, enabling, by the end of this decade, a quantum leap in the ability of the biomedical research enterprise to maximize the value of the growing volume and complexity of biomedical data."" " http://lnkd.in/dMU5m2K View in LinkedIn

APP FOR PERSONALIZED MEDICINE. YarcData and Selventa developed a systems diagnostics tool (“SysDx”) which "harnesses a wide range of complex molecular biological information to deliver a level of personalized medicine that has been previously unavailable." "With 50 percent of drugs [being] ineffective or worse, there is an immediate opportunity to better match treatments to individuals based on their biomarker profiles."" " http://lnkd.in/dmaHBAr View in LinkedIn

ECOCHEM CONFERENCE in Basel Nov 19-21, 2013: fascinating to hear "ecological, recyclable, non-toxic, sustainable" from the original bad boys themselves, sounding now like corporatized 1960s hippies with their recyclable organic hessian conference bags. Green chemistry is finally (seriously) starting to take root. View in LinkedIn

DATA DELUGE BLOCKS PERSONALIZED MEDICINE. "The ominous warnings of a `data deluge' in the life sciences from high-throughput DNA sequencing data are being supplanted by a second deluge, of cliches bemoaning our collective scientific fate unless we address the genomic data `tsunami'. It is imperative that we explore...also transcriptional and epigenetic variability, integrating these observations in order to attain a genuine understanding of how genes function, towards a goal of genomics-based personalized medicine."" " http://lnkd.in/dmB7vSd View in LinkedIn

GREEN CHEMISTRY PROGRESS in pharmaceutical manufacturing between 2000-2008 by the EPA. Slow start after seminal work in 1988, but Pfizer showed leadership and won a green Presidential award in 2005, and was emulated by others in waving the green banner." " http://lnkd.in/dkVrB2v View in LinkedIn

GENOMIC DATA EXPLOSION. "Biology is now one of the fastest growing fields of big data science. Since the completion of the Human Genome project... there has been an unprecedented proliferation of genomic sequence data. A consequence of this is that the medical discoveries of the future will largely depend on our ability to process and analyse large genomic data sets, which continue to expand as the cost of sequencing decreases."" " http://lnkd.in/d7xiQ2A View in LinkedIn

GSK'S GREEN CHEMISTRY UNIT was created in 2012, as part of a sustainability initiative. "As a result, we have been able to cut by 80 per cent the volume of water and zinc we were sending to waste, and 21.5 million fewer tablets and 850,000 fewer plastic bottles have been produced for use in clinical trials." Better late than never. " " http://lnkd.in/dmw6pYS View in LinkedIn

BIG DATA GENOMICS COMPANY "RainDance Technologies has raised $35 million in debt financing from Capital Royalty Partners to accelerate growth and support product development. The deal comes on the heels of a $20 million equity deal announced in April and brings the company’s total amount raised to more than $100 million."" " http://lnkd.in/djpNcbW View in LinkedIn

NSA'S BIG DATA PROBLEM. "The spying agency is said to have accumulated so much data, about 27 terabytes according to leaked papers seen by the Post, that it was "outpacing" the NSA's ability to analyse the information in a timely fashion." (BBC Dec 5, 2013) View in LinkedIn

EXAMPLE OF P4 from new big data genomics company "In collaboration with Biogen Idec, GNS Healthcare identified novel therapeutic targets for the one-third of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients who are non-responsive to anti-TNF therapy. Using genetic, gene expression and clinical outcome data from 77 patients receiving anti-TNF therapy, REFS™ identified intervention points that improved patient outcomes, uncovering both known drug targets and novel intervention points."" " http://www.gnshealthcare.com View in LinkedIn