More than a year and a half after a Lake Worth armed burglary, Palm Beach County Sheriffs deputies arrested a man through a connection of DNA and an accomplice-turned witness, according to an arrest report. In February 2013, three men were caught on video breaking into a Lake Worth home and getting away with about $2,700 worth of property including a television, an Xbox, a PlayStation, a skateboard and a projector, the report said. The three were driven away in a black BMW. One of the men put black spray paint on an outdoor surveillance camera, but indoor cameras caught the movements the men, who had their faces covered. DNA found on articles of clothing worn during the alleged incident later placed Andrew Crammer, Avalon George and Brandon Castro at the scene. All three men were on camera wearing the articles of clothing that had matching DNA, the report said. Crammer, 20, was also holding a handgun during the burglary, the report said. He also unmasks himself during the video and the image closely matches his likeness, the report said. No recent arrest records appear for George or Castro in connection to this incident. Both have previous arrests and Crammer … Continue reading →

The Personalized Medicine Coalition announced that Daryl Pritchard will be its new VP of science policy, in charge of promoting the organization's science-related policies and of raising awareness of precision healthcare issues among policymakers, providers, and patients. Before joining PMC, Pritchard was director of policy research at the National Pharmaceutical Council; director of research programs advocacy and personalized medicine at the Biotechnology Industry Organization; and the director of government affairs for the American Association for Dental Research. Nabsys has appointed Steve Lombardi to president, CEO, and to its board of directors. Previously, he was CEO of Real Time Genomics, and before that he was CEO of Helicos BioSciences. He has also served as senior vice president of Affymetrix and vice president of genetic analysis at Applied Biosystems. Roche said this week that Arthur Levinson has resigned from its board of directors, effective immediately. The drugmaker said Levinson, who was chairman and CEO at Genentech from 1999 to 2014, made the decision to avoid any conflict with his post as CEO at Calico, a Google-backed startup. Levinson has served on Roche's board since 2010. Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute said this week it has named Perry Nisen as its CEO and … Continue reading →