One year ago, the PHG Foundation report, Host genomics: lessons for infectious diseases, highlighted the promise of host genomics research for infectious disease. Policy priorities may have changed ...
Traditionally, clinical genetics services offered ‘reactive’ testing of specific cancer susceptibility genes (CSGs) to those with the corresponding classical presentation. Increasingly, cancer ...
Catherine Barnard, FBA, FLSW, FRSA is Professor of European law and fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge and Director of the Centre for European Legal Studies. She is the author of EU Employment Law ...
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 ...
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 ...
The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee has released a new report calling for the UK Government to update existing regulations for direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic and genomic tests. The ...
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 ...
The sepsis definition describes three elements: infection, the host response and life-threatening organ dysfunction. Diagnosis is made based on myriad signs and symptoms, and although infection ...
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 ...
The optimism is not unfounded. In specific, well-defined clinical scenarios, polygenic scores are beginning to demonstrate some tangible utility. For cardiovascular disease, MI-GENES, a 10-year follow ...
Inter-CeBIL is the International Collaborative Biomedical and Innovation Law program involving the law faculties at Copenhagen, Cambridge, Harvard and select other partners. PHG Foundation is ...