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The pangenome is making personalised medicine more equitable

Pharmaceutical Technology

However, more immeasurable characteristics such as personality, behaviour, and even intelligence are all influenced by genetics to varying degrees. All that DNA is organised into hereditary units called genes, with humans having about 25,000 genes collectively known as the genome. Each human cell has 1.8

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UK agency pilots biobank to study links between genetics and drug side effects

Pharmaceutical Technology

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) aims to launch a pilot genetic biobank that will gather patient data to associate drug-related adverse events to their genetic makeup. The Yellow Card biobank will launch as a joint venture with the UK-government funded entity Genomics England on June 1.

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Genomic projects exploit scale as clinical applications play catch-up

Pharmaceutical Technology

Earlier this month, scientists from Cambridge University and the Madrid-based National Cancer Research Center described a novel framework tracking chromosomal instability and copy number changes in particularly deadly cancers. Genomic research have greatly expanded our understanding of disease pathophysiology over the years.

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Can genetic data be a magic bullet for drug R&D?

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Ben Hargreaves finds that the vast amount of genetic data that exists today could help provide a faster, more targeted way of developing new drug candidates. The logical extension to this kind of approach is treating individual patients, with their individual genetic makeup.

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Unlocking disease treatment with large-scale research

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Ben Hargreaves examines why a research project in the UK could provide key insights to develop treatments against many of the most prominent diseases impacting society. In 2018, the 100,000 Genomes Project completed its collection of data from 100,000 participants and the study of that collected information is still on-going.

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Women in Science Who Have Paved the Way Forward in Genetics

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The Human Genome Project recently marked 20 years since the publication of the first full sets of human genomic sequences, an endeavor that spanned well over a decade. Today, new next-generation sequencing technologies allow for the sequencing of complex genomes within just a day or two. Rosalind Franklin.

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A new dawn of the genomic age: five areas set to be transformed in 2023

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Both long- and short-read sequencing today is faster, more affordable, and highly accurate, providing researchers with deep insights to fuel research. 2023 is set to usher in a new era of genomics, and here are five areas where we should see significant advances.

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