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Building a Precision Medicine Ecosystem in Africa | Inside Precision Medicine https://t.co/3wIRZLNypS
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Whole genome sequencing offered to breast cancer patients is likely to identify unique genetic features that could either guide immediate treatment or help match patients to clinical trials for over 15,000 women a year:
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In 2022, 2.3 million women were diagnosed with breast cancer worldwide and there were 670,000 related deaths. Despite significant progress in recent years, it remains challenging to accurately
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The First International Conference on Congenital Insensitivity to Pain. Learn about this rare condition and connect with others: https://t.co/UgXTagw3SN 🗓️Friday 10 Oct 2025 09:30 - 17:00 BST. Doors at 9am.
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We are delighted to announce that Professor Mina Ryten, Centre Director for the UK DRI at Cambridge and Department of Genomic Medicine PI, has been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences:
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The new Fellows have been recognised for their remarkable contributions to advancing medical science, groundbreaking research discoveries and translating developments into benefits for patients and
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A new publication in AJHG discusses a Bayesian causal graphical model for joint Mendelian randomization analysis of multiple exposures and outcomes. A novel causal graphical learning algorithm highlights the causal path between smoking and schizophrenia: https://t.co/1XprY0DkHX
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Scientists from the Department of Genomic Medicine analysed the full DNA sequence of 4,775 tumours from seven types of cancer and created an algorithm capable of identifying tumours with faults in their DNA that makes them easier to treat:
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In a paper published today in Nature Genetics, scientists at the University of Cambridge and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre analysed the full DNA sequence of 4,775 tumours from seven types
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🚀 Exciting News! The SMCL NGS Hub, the MultiOmics Research Facility of the Dept. of Genomic Medicine has a new website! 🔬 We provide cutting-edge genomics & NGS services, including Olink technologies & translational research: https://t.co/xm1SNOmt3m
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How will you you support on Rare Disease Day this year? 💜🌍 Sharing a personal story, joining an event, or simply starting a conversation, every action is a step closer to equity for the 300 million people living with rare diseases. Find out more: https://t.co/AUKfGZJLJB
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Congratulations to Dr Leonardo Bottolo and colleagues for their new publications: 🧬 https://t.co/2N04UxTkTy 🧬 https://t.co/IbNUPMFQif Demonstrating the use of causal models to uncover promising drug targets for brain diseases and to probe fundamental biological mechanisms.
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Nature Communications - Here, the authors study the effects of expression quantitative trait loci on enhancer activity and promoter contacts in primary monocytes isolated from male individuals,...
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Are you a health researcher based in the East of England who'd like to incorporate #PPIE in your research but don't know where to start? Check out our online training courses for 2025 & book your place on EventBrite https://t.co/uffEknLjCL
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✨Thank you to colleagues at the Department of Genetics for the joint research meeting yesterday at Downing College and we are looking forward to future events!✨
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@ramsaybowden has just begun her new pilot study at @Cambridge_Uni which aims to answer key questions in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer in people with A-T. Click on the link below to find out more.
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Improving diagnosis and treatment of cancer in Ataxia-Telangiectasia patients through whole genome sequencing in Ongoing Research
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Find out how Olink services can empower your research through high-throughput proteomics, at our Olink launch event! Stratified Medicine Core Laboratory (SMCL) NGS Hub, Department of Medical Genetics. 🗓️Friday 11 October 2023⏰9:30 – 2pm. Register online:
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Congratulations to Prof. Maher, Dr. Casey and colleagues for their new publication, 'International consensus statement on the diagnosis and management of phaeochromocytoma and paraganglioma in children and adolescents'
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Congratulations to Professor Nik-Zainal for winning the 2024 ESMO Award for Translational Research | Oncology Awards: https://t.co/LkoT2xPt6F
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Congratulations to Eliska Zlamalova, Professor Reid, and colleagues for their new publication, 'Atlastin-1 regulates endosomal tubulation and lysosomal proteolysis in human cortical neurons' https://t.co/2n51NJN9jc (Neurobiology of Disease 2024)
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Congratulations to the final winners of the BRC SFP/PhD Research Day! Lucy Chmelova presented “Extrachromosomal DNA in ductal carcinoma in situ” and Salome Zhao presented “Mutational Footprints of DNA damage and repair in homologous recombination deficient (HRd) human cells”.
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Mark is a current student on the Postgraduate Certificate in Genomic Medicine. This NHS-commissioned programme is offered @Cambridge_Uni through a partnership between the Institute of Continuing Education and the School of Clinical Medicine. Watch here:
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Congratulations to Dr Cherif Badja and Professor Serena Nik-Zainal's team for the new paper, 'Insights from multi-omic modeling of neurodegeneration in xeroderma pigmentosum using an induced pluripotent stem cell system'
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Badja et al. investigated neurodegeneration in xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) using induced pluripotent stem cell models, performing multi-omics over a neuronal-directed differentiation time course. They...
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