New Director for PHG Foundation announced BlogThe PHG Foundation is delighted to confirm Dr Peter Mills as its next Director. How we workPHG Foundation tracks emerging science and technologies that ...
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 ...
In the current outbreak, the UK government has designated certain groups of people as ‘extremely vulnerable’ to severe illness due to underlying health conditions, requiring the highest possible ...
In this blog, I will delve into some of the growing acceptance in healthcare to innovative approaches in various countries, and how a database will facilitate analysis and interpretation for all. The ...
Quantum computing, a type of quantum technology, is poised to address pressing challenges in the healthcare sector. For example, while the average cost of the drug development pipeline has tripled ...
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 ...
Widely regarded as a founder of cell free DNA (cfDNA) technology, Professor Dennis Lo is now pioneering investigation into the emerging science of fragmentomics. If you were at were at our recent ...
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 Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia 2020 aimed to make England the world leader in dementia care, support, research and awareness by 2020. While substantial progress has been made on many of ...
Not all patients are benefitting equally from advances in genomic research. Research databases and biobanks underpinning genetic tests and tools are full of data from populations labelled as “European ...
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 GenomeIndia Project, launched in 2020, represents a strategic effort to map India’s vast genetic diversity. It focuses on India’s rich tapestry of ethnolinguistic communities (Indo-European, ...