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More awareness is needed around genetic sight loss – expert

There needs to be more awareness about genetic sight loss among the public and specialists, an expert has said. Inherited sight loss conditions are the most common cause of blindness in working age adults in the UK. While there is a lack of accurate ...

24 Apr 2023 at 00:01

Chinese firm awarded contract after attempting to hack NHS data, minister claims

A Chinese biotech company awarded a Government Covid contract was responsible for “several hack attacks” on the NHS genetic datacentre, a minister has said. Science minister George Freeman revealed that Genomics England was “suffering” multiple ...

08 Mar 2023 at 18:11

Researchers find DNA differences that put people at higher risk of severe Covid

Researchers have identified differences in DNA that may explain why some people get more severely ill from coronavirus. They also now know more about the virus than other conditions routinely seen in hospitals, such as sepsis and flu. The ...

07 Mar 2022 at 19:25

Newborns screened for genetic conditions in ‘world-leading’ NHS research

Up to 100,000 newborn babies in England are to be screened for dozens of genetic conditions as part of “world-leading research” in the NHS. The Generation Study, led by Genomics England in partnership with NHS England, will see newborn ...

03 Oct 2024 at 00:01

Study reveals clues to cancer causes and potential for personalised treatment

Analysis of thousands of tumours has unveiled a treasure trove of clues about the causes of cancer, representing a significant step towards the personalisation of treatment, a study suggests. Researchers say that for the first time it ...

21 Apr 2022 at 20:25

New £105m scheme aims to speed up diagnosis of rare genetic diseases in newborns

Thousands of babies born with treatable rare genetic diseases each year could get faster access to treatment if a new genomic sequencing research programme proves successful. Genomics England will sequence the genomes of 100,000 ...

13 Dec 2022 at 10:06

Health researchers must do more to gain trust of Muslims, new report finds

Health researchers need to do more to gain the trust of Muslim people, new research suggests. New data indicates that Muslim people living in the UK think health research is very important, but only a small number have taken ...

09 Aug 2022 at 01:01

Hundreds of bad reactions linked to weight loss jabs prompts new study

Hundreds of people have reported problems with their pancreas linked to taking weight loss and diabetes jabs, prompting health officials to launch a new study into side effects. Some cases of pancreatitis reported to be ...

26 Jun 2025 at 00:01

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