Dr. Muin J. Khoury recently retired from the CDC after a 40-year public health career, including 26 years leading the Office of Public Health Genomics, which he formed in 1998. He contributed to the ...

The Wellcome Trust recently announced that they are funding a research programme to investigate synthetic human genomes, and Laura Blackburn, PHG Foundation’s Head of Science, had the opportunity to ...

The UK is a recognised powerhouse for genomic science and medicine. Genomics England’s 100,000 Genomes Project is the largest sequencing project of its kind in the world and, building on these ...

A new paper provides an intriguing update on recent efforts to develop blood tests to detect cancer early. These non-invasive tests analyse circulating tumour (ct)DNA – small fragments of tumour DNA ...

These plans have been a long time in the making. The intention to produce a strategy ‘to ensure the UK is able to offer a predictive, preventative and personalised health and care service for people ...

The Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia 2020 aimed to make England the world leader in dementia care, support, research and awareness by 2020. While substantial progress has been made on many of ...

The UK government Department of Health and Social Care has released the newly updated version of the Data saves lives: reshaping health and care with data strategy for the NHS. First released in draft ...

The UK government has launched a new alliance to sequence the genomes of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the current COVID-19 pandemic. Backed by a £20 million investment, the COVID-19 Genomics ...

The European Health Data Space Regulation has arrived but will its mandatory sharing requirement be its tour de force or Achilles’ heel? The Regulation amounts to an ambitious and laudable step ...

A recent consultation by the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) indicates a welcome new direction for public and patient involvement (PPI). The MHRA proposed new five-year ...

On Friday the High Court ruled on the case of ABC v St George’s NHS Trust (and other NHS defendants). This is a significant decision with implications for a wide range of healthcare professionals ...