Stories from the cutting edge of genetic research
More than 15 years ago, a hospital doctor realised that bringing people’s genetic data together could provide answers for families affected by rare diseases. With the help of the Sanger Institute, the DECIPHER project has been helping families ever since
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Staff at the Wellcome Genome Campus are supported to connect people with their science – find out more
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A global child killer constantly changes its coat to evade destruction, but a worldwide network of scientists is using genetics to get one step ahead.
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Meet two people whose software skills enable the Sanger Institute’s scientists to make their ground-breaking genomic discoveries
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We’ve come a long way, but the journey isn’t finished yet…
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Running one of the largest biosciences data centres in Europe as efficiently as possible requires cool heads and even cooler machines
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The experiences of a friend of a Sanger Institute researcher reveal how parasites and bacteria are now threatening the country’s population
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We explore the world of award-winning cancer scientist, Dr Sam Behjati
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We’re celebrating: we’ve just read the same amount of DNA in one year as we achieved in the previous 25 years combined. This dizzying speed offers unprecedented possibilities to unlock new understanding in health and disease
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An impending flood of genomic data threatens to overwhelm scientists’ abilities to store and share it. Next-generation compression seeks to CRAM it all in
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