The rapid development, approval and roll out of multiple vaccines against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is an impressive achievement for science and healthcare. The virus genome was ...
Widely regarded as a founder of cell free DNA (cfDNA) technology, Professor Dennis Lo is now pioneering investigation into the emerging science of fragmentomics. If you were at were at our recent ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
It is no secret that the AI regulatory landscape has experienced monumental shifts in the last six months. Rhetoric that views regulation as a barrier to AI innovation and the cross-sectoral ...
The virtual launch this month of the Africa Pathogen Genomics Initiative (Africa PGI) marked a ground-breaking initiative to tackle infectious disease in Africa. Led by the African Union Commission ...
In this blog, I will delve into some of the growing acceptance in healthcare to innovative approaches in various countries, and how a database will facilitate analysis and interpretation for all. The ...
Routine genomic testing for cancer patients, machine learning algorithms for triaging patients and applications of therapeutic gene editing were just a few of the topics discussed at the PHG ...
Not all patients are benefitting equally from advances in genomic research. Research databases and biobanks underpinning genetic tests and tools are full of data from populations labelled as “European ...
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 ...