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Editing embryos – Could you? Would you? Should you? Views from Genetic Counsellors

03.08.17 This week the American Society of Human Genetics issued a policy on the application of germline editing – the ability to alter the genetic makeup of early stage embryos. Anna Middleton, one of the contributors to the statement, explains the policy’s position Continue reading →

Placing drug-resistant strains of E. coli into a broader context

Placing drug-resistant strains of E. coli into a broader context

18.7.17 Samples of E. coli were isolated from patients with bloodstream infections over eleven years. Teemu Kallonen, Julian Parkhill and Sharon Peacock discuss what their genomic study on this collection reveals.
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Malaria parasites: more susceptible to a knock-out blow than we thought?

Malaria parasites: more susceptible to a knock-out blow than we thought?

13.7.17 Theo Sanderson and Ellen Bushell explain how characterising the role of many of the malaria parasite’s five thousand genes has shown that more of these genes are required for the parasite to grow normally, than was originally thought.
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Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2016: Generation Genome highlights the potential for pathogen genomics in patient diagnosis and infection control

Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2016: Generation Genome highlights the potential for pathogen genomics in patient diagnosis and infection control

04.07.17 The UK Chief Medical Officer’s Report has highlighted the vital role genetics and genomics will play in UK NHS healthcare and medicine. Professor Sharon Peacock helped write the report’s chapter on Infectious disease.

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‘Like sugar in milk’: Parsi populations from India and Pakistan

‘Like sugar in milk’: Parsi populations from India and Pakistan

29.06.17 Qasim Ayub explains the results of a genetic analysis of the Parsi population. Continue reading →

Tracking the movement of a deadly pathogen and biothreat agent

Tracking the movement of a deadly pathogen and biothreat agent

30.01.17 Sharon Peacock and Claire Chewapreecha reveal how the bacterium responsible for Melioidosis has spread across the globe. Continue reading →

In search of the hidden reservoir of Malaria

In search of the hidden reservoir of Malaria

20.12.16 Arthur Talman explains how his field work in Mali could help understand the behaviour of malaria parasites.
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Out of Africa: more data must give us definite answers, soon ….

Out of Africa: more data must give us definite answers, soon ….

26.09.2016 Dr Yali Xue shares her hopes and dreams of using the world’s genomes to understand our evolution and migration out of Africa Continue reading →

Companion: a new tool to generate and visualize annotation of parasite genomes

Companion: a new tool to generate and visualize annotation of parasite genomes

29.06.16 Sascha Steinbiss & Thomas D. Otto explain how this new software tool and web server will allow people to compare parasite genomes more effectively Continue reading →

Understanding historical population movements and the study of malaria

Understanding historical population movements and the study of malaria

22.06.16 Past migrations within sub-Saharan Africa revealed in a post by George Busby Continue reading →

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