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

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The same is becoming true for the healthcare industry, and one of the first major breakthroughs in the area was the 100,000 Genomes Project. The information gathered from the project is still providing insights today, a decade later. Certain genetic variants influence the way the body responds to specific medicine.

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Estonia National Biobank to sequence 10,000 whole genomes 

Drug Discovery World

The university will also support the European Union’s 1+ Million Genomes initiative, which seeks to boost innovation in healthcare across Europe. Founded in 2000, the Estonian Biobank holds more than 212,000 samples – 20% of the country’s adult population – reflecting its age, sex, and geographical distribution.

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Nutrigenomics: The Future of Personalized Nutrition

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Recent advances in DNA sequencing technologies have led to significant developments in healthcare-focused research on precision medicine and diagnostics. Nutrigenomics is the science studying the relationship between human genome, nutrition and health.

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Why a recent advancement is a giant leap for human genomics

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The first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome was published 1 April 2022 in a special issue of the journal Science 1. While The Human Genome Project mapped about 92% of the human genome two decades ago, sequencing the last 8% of the genome proved highly challenging. Genome Biology, 21:30, (2020).

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