Sanger Science
28 February 20258.3 min readIn celebration of Rare Disease Day, we caught up with Matt Hurles, Director and Senior Group Leader at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, to reflect on the importance of raising awareness of rare diseases and how our work at the Institute is supporting this community by accelerating our progress in the genomics space.
4 March 20196.6 min readSanger 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.
4 February 20195.1 min readMini organs grown in the lab are boosting cancer research and drug discovery.
2 January 20198.7 min readIn 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
16 October 20187.9 min readHow one family have been helped by the Deciphering Developmental Disorders study
1 October 20186.1 min readFrom one human genome to hundreds of thousands, to every single cell in the body, to the genome of every species on the planet – DNA sequencing is accelerating. On our 25th anniversary we look at the evolution, application and potential of this powerful science.
21 September 20186.2 min readFunding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will enable the Pan African Mosquito Control Association (PAMCA) to launch nine new projects for mosquito genomics researchers across Africa. The Sanger Institute will sequence 500 mosquito genomes from each study. The deadline for research applications is 3 October 2018
