The 22nd episode of the Progress Educational Trust podcast documents our discussion of the Generation Study – an NHS-embedded research study which is sequencing the whole genomes of 100,000 newborn babies – featuring contributions from Amanda Pichini, Phern Adams, Dr Chinthika Piyasena and Dr Robin Lachmann.
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We would like to thank Jon Nicoll (who created the opening and closing music for our podcast), and also Genomics England and its Newborn Genomes Programme (which supported the event featured in the 22nd episode).
The next free-to-attend PET event – taking place online this month, on Wednesday 20 November 2024 – will be 10 Years of Womb Transplants: What Have We Learned? What Does the Future Hold?.
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