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The pangenome is making personalised medicine more equitable

Pharmaceutical Technology

All that DNA is organised into hereditary units called genes, with humans having about 25,000 genes collectively known as the genome. The Human Genome Project Launched in October 1990, The Human Genome Project sought to sequence the entire human genome using a method called Sanger sequencing.

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Parexel, NeoGenomics partner on oncology genomics project

Outsourcing Pharma

The two companies will work to advance precision cancer medicine by harnessing genomics data in trial design, recruitment, site selection and other areas.

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

Pharmaceutical Technology

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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The future of genomic medicine: can it fulfil its promises?

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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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64 human genomes as new reference for global genetic diversity

Scienmag

Publication in Science Credit: David Porubsky, University of Washington In 2001, the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium announced the first draft of the human genome reference sequence. This reference, however, […].

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Genomics England will move HQ to Canary Wharf’s new biocluster

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The new building is just the first project for the initiative, located on a 3.3 It was announced three years after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) relocated from the site to Amsterdam as a result of the UK’s exit from the EU.

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Can genetic data be a magic bullet for drug R&D?

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The same is becoming true for the healthcare industry, and one of the first major breakthroughs in the area was the 100,000 Genomes Project. The information gathered from the project is still providing insights today, a decade later. Certain genetic variants influence the way the body responds to specific medicine.