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The Wellcome Trust recently announced that they are funding a research programme to investigate synthetic human genomes, and Laura Blackburn, PHG Foundation’s Head of Science, had the opportunity to ...

A surprising solution to handle our ever increasing volume of data might be a substance operating at a much smaller scale – ...

The first CLOCS project showed that ovarian cancer patients started buying over-the-counter medications up to 8 or 9 months before their diagnosis, with their first GP visit regarding their symptoms ...

We’re living in the era of big data and it’s opening doors for AI-driven multiomics and health. Biomedical information is being generated extremely quickly. Approximately 40 exabytes (or one billion ...

Valena is a Policy Analyst (Humanities), researching ethical, legal, and societal challenges emerging from scientific and technological innovation in health. She holds an MPhil in Ethics of AI, Data ...

The European Health Data Space Regulation has arrived but will its mandatory sharing requirement be its tour de force or Achilles’ heel?. The Regulation amounts to an ambitious and laudable step ...

The potential of polygenic scores to improve risk stratification has reignited enthusiasm around the use of genetic information to help predict and prevent common disease. A new report from the PHG ...

The report, published in July 2003, outlines then-current IPR legislation, discusses other relevant issues such as human rights, looks at the balance between industry and the healthcare sector and ...

Exome sequencing is a relatively new technique that involves determination of the DNA sequence of the comparatively small proportion of the genome that is expressed as messenger RNA. The technique has ...

This report by PHG Foundation for NHS England, The personalised medicine technology landscape presents an independent evidence synthesis to inform the NHS as it continues to develop its approaches and ...

Laura is PHG Foundation's Head of Science, and is responsible for the delivery of the scientific expertise and analysis that underpin our work. She also contributes to the development of our strategic ...