Next Generation Children Project

The Genetics laboratory is collaborating with the NIHR Bioresource Rare Diseases and the University of Cambridge to deliver the Next Generation Children research project which investigates the clinical utility of rapid whole genome sequencing for children in intensive care.

Contact: ngc@nhs.net

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Many of us could carry up to 17kg of fat due to a change in a single gene May 27, 2021
The study led by scientists at the MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit which is part of the Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science at the University of Cambridge and the MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol is published today in Nature Medicine. It has been known for a long time that obesity tends to run in […]
Cambridge researchers awarded the Millennium Technology Prize May 18, 2021
University of Cambridge chemists Shankar Balasubramanian and David Klenerman have been jointly awarded the 2020 Millennium Technology Prize, one of the world’s most prestigious science and technology prizes, by Technology Academy Finland (TAF). The global prize, awarded at two-year intervals since 2004 to highlight the impact of science and innovation on society, is worth €1 […]
Journeys of discovery: Shankar Balasubramanian and David Klenerman May 18, 2021
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Next Generation Children Project

East of England NHS Genomic Medicine Centre