Scientists create ‘metal detector’ to find tumours that are easier to treat

By Florence Cornish on 7 May 2025

Research on data from the 100,00 Genomes Project has developed an algorithm to identify easier-to-treat tumours. This could be revolutionary in our progress towards personalised approaches to cancer.

What happens when I go for whole genome sequencing?

By Florence Cornish on 21 Apr 2025

Whole genome sequencing allows us look at lots of different genes with one single test. In this blog, we explain what it’s like to get whole genome sequencing, and how it may lead to a diagnosis.

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Genomics 101: What is the genome?

By Florence Cornish on 24 Mar 2025

In this series, ‘Genomics 101’, we go back to basics and explore some of the most important topics in genomics. In this blog, we explain what we mean by the term ‘genome’.

Genomics 101

Researchers uncover a key driver of aggressive bone cancer

By Florence Cornish on 12 Feb 2025

New research using data from the 100,000 Genomes Project has identified a genetic change that drives osteosarcoma, an aggressive childhood bone cancer.

Genomics 101: What is a variant of uncertain significance?

By Florence Cornish on 7 Feb 2025

In this series, ‘Genomics 101’, we go back to basics and explore some of the most important topics in genomics. In this blog, we explain the term ‘variant of uncertain significance’.

Genomics 101

Genomics 101: What is the diagnostic odyssey?

By Florence Cornish on 15 Jan 2025

In this series, ‘Genomics 101’, we go back to basics and explore some of the most important topics in genomics. In this blog, we explain what it means to go on a diagnostic odyssey.