Sanger Science
20 December 2024What has genetics done for us? Well in 2024, it paved the way for better cancer treatment, supported conservation efforts and mapped the hidden world of connections in our bodies to name but three. So, sit back as we unwrap eight gifts that genetics at the Sanger Institute has provided this year.
22 June 20165.6 min read22.06.16 Past migrations within sub-Saharan Africa revealed in a post by George Busby
5 May 20163.3 min read05.05.16 Hilary Browne explains how growing previously 'unculturable' microbiota helps determine the role of bacteria in human health
7 March 20164.7 min read07/03/2016: Roberto Amato shows how mutations in the malaria gene kelch13, associated with artemisinin resistance in Southeast Asia, are far less common in Africa.
4 March 20164 min readStudying the genome sequences of natural gene knockouts in humans has shown that only a small fraction of our genes are essential for human health. Vagheesh Narasimhan explains.
1 February 20163.6 min readAdam Reid has worked with researchers around the world to discover the genes that let the Strongyloides nematode set up home inside us
28 January 20164.2 min read28/01/2016: Thousands of years’ worth of evolution in just one person: Elizabeth Klemm explains how a Salmonella Enteritidis infection evolved to survive for 15 years in an immunocompromised patient.
