We highlight some of our impacts - from sequencing the human genome, to enabling the diagnosis of rare disease patients around the world.
Unravelling the genomics of infectious cancer
A determined leader in public health, Saheer is used to making the “impossible” not only possible, but routine.
Tumours from 1000 children with kidney cancer have been sequenced, thanks to the Little Princess Trust and researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. The Little Princess Trust ‘Knowledge Bank’ is the largest comprehensive genomics resource for any childhood solid tumour, and is already being used for research to understand childhood cancers.
With adult Pine Hoverflies seen in Scotland for the first time in many years, top-quality genome sequences are now helping make a permanent success of saving arguably Britain’s most endangered insect.
Wellcome Sanger Institute Blog. Stories from the cutting edge of genomic research.
