Microsoft, Eagle Genomics Partner on Microbiome Research

Microsoft and Eagle Genomics will partner on microbiomic research into immune disorders and antibiotic resistance, Eagle said, through a data collaboration that will be the tech giant’s first partnership focused on microbiome genomics.The collaboration—whose value was not disclosed—will combine its Azure cloud technology and Cognitive Services application program interfaces (APIs) with the artificial intelligence (AI)-based microbiome data management platform of Eagle.Eagle&rsq