An algorithm called PRRDetect has been developed to identify immunotherapy-susceptible cancers...
'Established in 2007, in a gale of publicity, 23andMe benefitted from the valetudinarian personal genetic healthcare imaginary that appeared in the wake of the Human Genome Project,' writes Dr Pete Mills, as he documents the rise and fall of 23andMe...
The British health insurance and healthcare company Bupa plans to offer an approach to people's genomic data that, it is claimed, can evaluate an individual's risk of developing seven common diseases...
A genomic study has identified five gene variants associated with earlier menopause and increased risk of cancer...
This piece by Vanessa Burns, exploring the impact the impact that CRISPR-based genome editing will have over the next 25 years, won the second prize in the inaugural Marcus Pembrey BioNews Writing Competition...
The British Army's initial decision to preclude an applicant from joining due to a family history of BRCA variant-related cancer raises a number of questions about how employers collect and use genetic data…
One in 40 people who have four grandparents from the Isle of Whalsay in Shetland, Scotland, carry a gene variant known to increase their risk of developing cancer...
Researchers have discovered a potential mechanism underpinning why a person's genome might influence the subtype of breast cancer they develop...
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