A lasting legacy

2022-12-13T11:15:15+00:0016 August 2019|

Meet the next generation of genomic scientists who are benefiting from our founder's generosity

DECIPHER: Fuelling Rare Disease Research

2022-12-17T21:41:04+00:003 July 2019|

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

Sanger’s super-sized sequencing scales new heights

2022-12-17T21:46:09+00:001 May 2019|

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

More than just malaria

2022-12-17T08:46:26+00:0024 April 2019|

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

Getting smart about artificial intelligence

2019-03-04T12:13:01+00:004 March 2019|

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.

Science in a conflict zone: Investigating cholera in Yemen

2019-01-02T18:00:23+00:002 January 2019|

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