The use of genomic information for clinical decision making is expanding. Once available only in rare disease services, clinical genomics is becoming a reality in cancer services, for pre-natal ...

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We explore emerging biomedical technologies, reviewing their progress, potential impact and the challenges that will arise when implementing into health services. Our policy briefings and explainers ...

This report outlines the case for further guidance and related support to healthcare professionals to maximise the possibility of genomic information being shared with all relevant family members.

2024 DNA as data storage Optical genome mapping Non-coding variants and transcripts for rare disease diagnostics 2023 Unpacking polygenic scores – a series of policy briefings incl: Unpacking ...

Impact of Schrems II on genomic data sharing Genomic medicine and research: when does the GDPR apply? Genomic medicine and research: how does the GDPR apply?

The first CLOCS project showed that ovarian cancer patients started buying over-the-counter medications up to 8 or 9 months before their diagnosis, with their first GP visit regarding their symptoms ...

Twenty years after the groundbreaking meeting in Bellagio, Italy, that established the interdisciplinary enterprise of ...

The European Health Data Space Regulation has arrived but will its mandatory sharing requirement be its tour de force or Achilles’ heel? The Regulation amounts to an ambitious and laudable step ...

The rapid development, approval and roll out of multiple vaccines against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is an impressive achievement for science and healthcare. The virus genome was ...

We are getting closer to a world where the debilitating pain and complications of sickle cell disease are a thing of the past. For the 17,500 people in the UK living with this genetic condition, this ...

The UK is a recognised powerhouse for genomic science and medicine. Genomics England’s 100,000 Genomes Project is the largest sequencing project of its kind in the world and, building on these ...