Posts

Showing posts from March, 2014

NCBI Seeks Community's Input on Planned Blast Update

The National Center for Biotechnology Information  is asking for the bioinformatics community's input on a  proposed Blast XML specification update planned for release in the summer of 2014. The update, according to the development team, is intended to improve the consistency of the Blast output with XML standards as well as put in place new and useful elements. Blast XML users can submit their feedback at  this link .

Look Who's Talking Too? It's SAP too talking on Genomics!

SAP has unveiled an early version of a new standalone application based on its SAP Hana in-memory database technology called Medical Insights that integrates and analyzes clinical and genomic data to help oncologists make better treatment decisions for patients. In addition, SAP has announced a partnership with Canadian firm PHEMI Health Systems to build a solution that would make it possible to provide more personalized treatments for HIV patients. SAP disclosed the development of both products at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference held this week in Orlando. It is hoping to secure additional early adopters for the newly minted Medical Insights software which it plans to bring to market later this year. The company is still mulling pricing details. Participants in the company's early access program will have the chance to test and give feedback on a solution that leverages the Hana infrastructure to extract, integrate, and query both structu...