Blog articles

Progress for paediatric gene therapy

Gene therapy for children now approved in Europe - what can this fusion of genomics and stem cell medicine mean for the future?  

Hidden viruses in the human genome  

As research reveals ancient viruses lurk in our DNA, can genomics provide the missing link in treatment of modern disease?

Unravelling genetic risk of schizophrenia

Recent research provides substantial and surprising evidence of the genetic effect on mental health 

Genomes without borders

As Scotland joins the 100,000 Genomes Project, we explore the…

Consciousness and the ‘brain-in-a-dish’

Could advances in genomics help neuroscientists reveal more about the power of the human brain? 

Probing pancreatic cancer genomes

New genomic research offers insight into pancreatic cancer and a possible treatment revolution

Tuberculosis: new approaches to an old disease

Recent developments show how genetic insight can help to combat the 'forgotten plague' that continues to kill

The ‘beginning of the end’ for cancer chemotherapy?

As the first patients join Genomics England’s cancer programme, what does the future look like for treatment and prevention?

Genomics: curing the kidney

Developments in genomic understanding and technology are having a big impact in the field of nephrology

News articles

Genomics Master’s series: a paradigm shift in healthcare

Satishkumar Krishnan, one of our funded students on the Master’s…

Genomic Medicine: Transforming Patient Care in Diabetes

The University of Exeter Medical School is launching a new, free,…

Monogenic Diabetes Symposium: 'Right diagnosis, right treatment'

The two day seminar designed to help busy clinicians recognise and treat patients with MODY and other forms of monogenic diabetes