Tag: standard
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Keeping Conversations Positive with Precision Moderation
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Int’l Lab Network to Assess Covid-19 Vaccines
Six clinical testing laboratories worldwide plan to evaluate vaccines for protecting against Covid-19 infections with a common set of test protocols.
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Climate Action Cost Accounting Standard Proposed
A new paper proposes an accounting standard that would require private companies to spell out their costs of meeting net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.
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Companies Call for Genome Editing Regulations
A group of companies developing treatments for disease using genome editing are calling for regulations and standards to govern these technologies in regenerative medicine.
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Model Biotech Materials Sharing Agreement Unveiled
A document with standard legal language for terms and conditions of sharing biotechnology materials is now available for academic and industry research labs.
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Coalition Standardizes Chronic Kidney Disease Tests
A group of medical lab companies, medical centers, and not-for-profit groups developed standardized testing protocols for chronic kidney disease, which participants expect will help more people diagnose the condition earlier.
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Commercial Genome Service Launches Based on Open Data
A start-up software company is offering genetic analysis services for research and precision medicine that comply with open standards and access Google’s genomic data sets.
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Universal Wireless Charging Device Designed
14 October 2015. Engineering researchers designed a prototype device that can simultaneously charge mobile phones compatible with leading wireless charging specifications. Dukju Ahn and Patrick Mercier at University of California in San Diego describe their device in a recent issue of the journal IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (paid subscription required). Wireless charging of mobile devices…
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Companies Form Fertility Treatment Technologies Alliance
8 June 2015. An alliance of drug, genomic, and assisted fertility technology companies are collaborating on processes and standards that encourage more consistency in results from assisted reproductive treatment labs. Financial details of the Global Fertility Alliance joining Illumina, Merck, and Genea were not disclosed. The three companies aim to improve outcomes in fertility clinics…
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Genome Interpretation Database, Quality Effort Underway
28 May 2015. A program to improve diagnostics and research based on genomic variations is underway that collects genetic data and implements standards for their interpretation. A description of the Clinical Genome Resource or ClinGen program appears in yesterday’s issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. ClinGen is a collaborative effort of public, academic,…