Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

A new study led by Medical Research Council-funded researchers from UCL has found that tailoring the analysis of whole genome sequencing to individual patients could double the diagnostic rates of rare diseases. . Consequently, the UK has established itself at the forefront of diagnostic whole genome sequencing.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 30, 2022

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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pharmaphorum

JUNE 13, 2022

Canary Wharf’s bid to become a new hub for the life sciences sector in the UK has been given a boost following the decision by Genomics England to relocate to the development. The new building is just the first project for the initiative, located on a 3.3

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Drug Discovery World

MARCH 13, 2024

Thanks to significant investment by the government into research and development, Singapore has become a leading centre for biomedical sciences in Asia. Leading the way in academic research One of Singapore’s key strengths is education and its academic prowess, particularly in cancer research.

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pharmaphorum

MARCH 25, 2021

The COSMIC (Catalogue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer) database, operated by the Wellcome Sanger Institute, grew out of the work of the Cancer Genome Project and has been gathering data on mutations associated with specific cancers for almost 17 years.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

In the future, Gourgeon went on, the data will help NHS Scotland to understand the impact of antenatal screening and to better support research. The Scottish Government has supported the transition of genomic testing for inherited rare disease from the research setting into routine care,” she went on. “As

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Drug Discovery World

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Here, DDW’s Megan Thomas highlights the research taking place and where this is happening. This environment of research excellence, in turn, fosters R&D, innovation, spin-offs, start-ups, networking, collaboration and entrepreneurship, which sets a sturdy foundation that attracts funding, and creates an appealing work culture.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The field of medicine is riddled with challenges pertaining to diagnosis and finding treatment therapies for rare diseases. Here are the challenges that the medical community faces, most of which relate to the lack of research data, high cost of developing treatments or orphan drugs and greater chances of failure. .

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Everything the 100,000 Genomes Project does has to be rubber-stamped by the patients”. It seemed the perfect fit to help me get closer to patients and learn about how precision medicine is evolving.”. Charlie is a member of the UK 100,000 GP study’s dedicated Participant Panel, formed to hold the project to account.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 6, 2022

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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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Everything the 100,000 Genomes Project does has to be rubber-stamped by the patients”. It seemed the perfect fit to help me get closer to patients and learn about how precision medicine is evolving.”. Charlie is a member of the UK 100,000 GP study’s dedicated Participant Panel, formed to hold the project to account.

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Here he gives us a deeper look at how genomic medicine is evolving and the barriers that are preventing it from reaching its full potential. I saw this, in particular, with the finishing of the human genome,” says Charlie. “At At that time, we thought this would be the holy grail for medicine.

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

In fact, according to Blood Cancer UK research, more than half of UK adults cannot name a single symptom of blood cancer. . Over the past two centuries, researchers have identified more than 100 different types of blood cancer, while most patients may be familiar with the big three (leukaemia, lymphoma, and melanoma).

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 4, 2024

PacBio has announced that the University of Tartu, host of Estonia’s National Biobank, has chosen the company’s Revio HiFi sequencing system to sequence 10,000 whole human genomes and unlock new insights from its population health data. The announcement follows funding from the European Commission and the Estonian government to help Estonia adopt (..)

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 19, 2023

Evan Floden , CEO of Seqera Labs examines how data sharing platforms are impacting cancer and genomics research. Increasingly, major collaborative life sciences projects, like the Human Genome Project or Human Cell Atlas, are driving advancements and organisations – both public and private – are taking note.

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Roots Analysis

AUGUST 31, 2023

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. Figure below presents steps of direct-to-consumer nutrigenomic testing.

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Drug Discovery World

MARCH 6, 2024

Guiding neurological drug discovery and development to success The 20 years since the Human Genome Project has seen transformational advances in the molecular understanding of cancers and rare genetic diseases, leading to genetically informed, personalised selection of therapies and massively improved outcomes for many patients.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2021

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.

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 15, 2022

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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The Pharma Data

APRIL 6, 2021

Bayer will present new research across its oncology portfolio at the virtual American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2021 , taking place over two weeks on April 10-15 and May 17-21, 2021. Overall, these data stress Bayer’s commitment to continued research in some of the company’s key areas of focus in oncology.

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