How do we make genomics everybody's business?
This Progress Educational Trust/Genomics England event concerned the imminent completion of the 100,000 Genomes Project, and the upcoming launch of the new national NHS Genomic Medicine Service...
The specific DNA sequence present at a particular chromosome location.
This Progress Educational Trust/Genomics England event concerned the imminent completion of the 100,000 Genomes Project, and the upcoming launch of the new national NHS Genomic Medicine Service...
Judging from the coverage of the latest Nuffield Council on Bioethics report, 'Genome Editing and Human Reproduction: Social and ethical issues', the subject of altering genetic inheritance in humans has become no less incandescent in recent years...
Nebula Genomics, a new firm founded by geneticists, has announced its plan to sequence customers’ genomes cheaply and allow them to sell their own genomic information for digital money...
The recent demonstration that friends share more of their genetic makeup in common than two people picked at random from their population has been making the headlines...
Parental genes can influence their children, even if the genes are not passed down at all, according to a new study...
Some dark skin tones have evolved relatively recently from paler genetic variants...
Six key genes have been identified in the largest study of premature birth to date...
'The Gene Machine' is award-winning author Bonnie Rochman's book on pre-and post-natal genetic testing. In it she navigates through classical bioethical issues...
by Arti Patel
'I've got the diagnosis, now what?' is one of the first questions families ask when they contact us at Unique, the UK-based organisation for rare chromosome and genomic disorders...
A study of almost 80,000 people has identified 40 new genes linked to intelligence...
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