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More than just malaria

April 24, 2019April 25, 2019 Sanger Institute fundraising, Genomics, ghana, malaria, mosquitoes min read

Researchers can change children’s futures in many more ways than just helping to beat a killer disease…

Six surprising animal cancer facts

April 12, 2019April 15, 2019 Sanger Institute animals, bowhead whale, cancer, clams, dogs, elephant, naked mole rat, peto's paradox, tasmanian devil min read

Some creatures never get cancer, while others can catch it from the sea. Find out more in our list of things you never knew about cancer in the wild

How Sanger scientists are using genetic surgery to understand the blueprint of life

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Cracking cancer with CRISPR

April 10, 2019July 9, 2019 Sanger Institute cancer, crispr, DNA, genetic surgery, genetic tools min read

How Sanger scientists are using genetic surgery to understand the blueprint of life

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CRAM-ming it in

March 29, 2019April 3, 2019 Communications Team bam, cram, data, data storage, DNA, file format, ga4gh, genome data, open access, sam min read

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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Tea-time News

March 25, 2019March 26, 2019 cc13sangeracuk cancer, DNA, hot tea, Iran, Kenya, mutational signatures, mutographs, oesophageal cancer, tea min read

Hot tea has been linked to oesophageal cancer – but it’s not clear if it’s the cause. Studying DNA changes will help researchers find out.

How Sanger Institute researchers are using caterpillars to study pneumonia

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Catching pneumonia with caterpillars

March 14, 2019March 18, 2019 Sanger Institute 3Rs, animal care, animal research, bacteria, caterpillars, mice, pneumonia min read

Using caterpillars to investigate how human pneumonia works.

DNA data has turned from a trickle to a flood of information that could transform medicine and biological understanding. Ali Cranage explores how Sanger scientists are using AI to extract new discoveries and knowledge

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Getting smart about artificial intelligence

March 4, 2019March 4, 2019 cc13sangeracuk AI, algorithms, artificial intelligence, computing, data, Genomics, machine learning, outbreaks, Salmonella min read

Sanger researchers are harnessing the power of AI to extract new knowledge from the ever increasing flood of genomic data. The findings could transform medicine and biological understanding.

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The weird and wonderful world of organoids

February 4, 2019February 6, 2019 Sanger Institute cancer, organoids min read

Mini organs grown in the lab are boosting cancer research and drug discovery.

Science in a conflict zone: tracking cholera in Yemen

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Science in a conflict zone: Investigating cholera in Yemen

January 2, 2019July 18, 2019 Sanger Institute cholera, DNA, epidemic, Genetics, genomes, Genomics, medecins sans frontieres, msf, Sanger Life, Sanger Science, yemen min read

In addition to the civil war, Yemen is experiencing the worst epidemic of cholera ever recorded. We spoke to Ankur Rakesh, a volunteer doctor with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) / Doctors Without Borders, who travelled to Yemen in July 2017 to study the genomics of this highly infectious and deadly disease

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Solving the mysteries of developmental disorders: The DDD study

October 16, 2018October 16, 2018 Communications Team data, DDD, deciphering developmental disorders, DNA, health, human health, rare disease, Sanger Science, sequencing min read

Alison Cranage talks to one family who have been helped by the Deciphering Developmental Disorders study