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Powering discovery in blood disorders and depression

September 11, 2019September 11, 2019 Communications Team blood, blood cells, data, data sets, depression, dna sequencing, human genetics programme, uk biobank, whole genomes min read

The wealth of information available to researchers through UK Biobank is powering studies into human health and disease

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

July 18, 2017June 29, 2018 Communications Team blood, bloodstream, E. coli, infections min read

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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How can we see our immune system?

January 20, 2015June 29, 2018 Communications Team B-cell, blood, cancer, immunology, leukaemia min read

19.01.15 By sequencing individual immune cells, scientists can now look at the way our bodies respond to infection and disease. Rachael Bashford-Rogers explains what this new viewpoint could show us