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Genomes front and centre of rare disease diagnosis June 24, 2020
A research programme pioneering the use of whole genome sequencing in the NHS has diagnosed hundreds of patients and discovered new genetic causes of disease. Whole genome sequencing is the technology used by the 100,000 Genomes Project, a service set up by the government to introduce routine genetic diagnostic testing in the NHS. The results […]
The sequencing of COVID-19 April 17, 2020
Shorthand Story: 2WmxjbLFPpShorthand Story Head: The sequencing of COVID-19 Shorthand Story Body: TwitterFacebook The sequencing of COVID-19 Story: Fred Lewsey. Published on 17 April 2020. Dr Charlotte Houldcroft emerges briefly from her tent within a lab on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus. Dr Charlotte Houldcroft emerges briefly from her tent within a lab on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus. […]
COVID-19: genetic network analysis provides ‘snapshot’ of pandemic origins April 9, 2020
UPDATED on Thursday April 30th 2020 with the following statement from Dr Peter Forster: "Our analysis published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) looked at the early spread of the virus in humans. Our analysis was not designed to investigate rumours suggesting the virus itself came from outside China. It is […]

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