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UK agency pilots biobank to study links between genetics and drug side effects

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The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) aims to launch a pilot genetic biobank that will gather patient data to associate drug-related adverse events to their genetic makeup. The Yellow Card biobank will launch as a joint venture with the UK-government funded entity Genomics England on June 1.

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A history of blood cancer treatment

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Thanks to the dedicated efforts of doctors, patients, carers, and healthcare professionals, people diagnosed with blood cancer are now living longer, with a steady stream of more effective treatments entering the market each year. 2012 – The 100,000 Genomics Project begins. This was an entirely new approach to DNA research.

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Building a better future for people with rare diseases in all four UK nations

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Beyond the framework we are also currently developing proposals for an innovative medicines fund,” said Lord Bethell, describing it as an extension of the Cancer Drugs Fund. “It On genomics, he added, the country is going “further and faster”, and ensuring synergy between the Rare Disease Framework and the UK Genomic Healthcare Strategy. “We

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Searching for answers in rare epilepsy

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Doctors were able to control the seizures, and Charlie’s daughter started to progress normally again, but a year and a half later she had another serious seizure at night. Everything the 100,000 Genomes Project does has to be rubber-stamped by the patients”. Luckily, we had a night vision camera in her room,” says Charlie.

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Searching for answers in rare epilepsy

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Doctors were able to control the seizures, and Charlie’s daughter started to progress normally again, but a year and a half later she had another serious seizure at night. Everything the 100,000 Genomes Project does has to be rubber-stamped by the patients”. Luckily, we had a night vision camera in her room,” says Charlie.

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Expediting innovation in the rare disease domain

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Every time a patient with a rare condition walks into a hospital, doctors face the probable challenge of starting from scratch. The field of medicine is riddled with challenges pertaining to diagnosis and finding treatment therapies for rare diseases. Challenges in rare disease diagnosis and therapy.

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Women in Science Who Have Paved the Way Forward in Genetics

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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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