Liquid DNA biopsies could be used for cancer screening
US researchers have developed a new blood test to detect cancer-related DNA alterations before patients experience symptoms...
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The order of the chemical units (bases) along a piece of DNA or RNA.
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Cancer atlas leads way to personalised treatment
Genes linked to 17 types of cancer have been mapped in a new Pathology Atlas by Swedish researchers...
Book Review: A Crack in Creation - Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
I'm glad to see a scientist engaging so strongly in public debate about the use of technology, rather than speculating on the sidelines...
Supercomputer overcomes key cancer genomics bottleneck
The IBM Watson supercomputer can analyse 160 hours' worth of genomic data in just ten minutes...
Delivering the Genomic Dream across the NHS
The Chief Medical Officer's Annual Report Generation Genome provides a comprehensive and considered focus on the potential of genomic technologies — coupled with clinical and phenotypic data — to transform the lives of patients...
Generation Genome - sequencing is future for NHS, says report
The Chief Medical Officer of England's annual report has recommended that personalised medicine approaches be adopted widely within the NHS.
What next for genomics? Providing answers, changing lives, transforming the NHS
A packed public event, produced by the Progress Educational Trust in partnership with Genomics England, saw the Chief Medical Officer for England launch her report 'Generation Genome'...
First personalised vaccines shows promise for skin cancer
A revolutionary vaccine uses the patient’s own immune response to target tumour cells and could be the first step in bespoke, precision medicine.
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Safety matters — can we be sure that CRISPR-Cas9 is not producing unwanted genetic alterations?
Recent debate over the safety of CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing following a study that suggested it can cause hundreds of unexpected mutations left me puzzled...
Genome study suggests a fifth of adults carry disease mutations
Approximately 22 percent of healthy adults carry mutations that are associated with disease, found the first ever randomised clinical trial using whole-genome sequencing...