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| Oct 7, 2026 | Zuckerberg’s Biohub lands Google and U.S. Government backing for $1.8 billion AI biology push | Mark Zuckerberg’s Biohub has pulled Google, Meta, and the U.S. government into a $1.8 billion effort to generate the biological data needed to train AI systems that can predict how living cells behave.
The project, called the Virtual Biolog... |
| Oct 7, 2026 | Biohub, DOE, NIH And Partners Commit $1.8 Billion To Build AI-Ready Biology Data | Biohub, the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Institutes of Health and private-sector partners have announced a coordinated $1.8 billion commitment of funding, data, computing resources and measurement technology to create foundationa... |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Cambridge Forum announces finalists for Pitch My Idea: AI and Health | Cambridge, UK – 4th August 2026 – Cambridge Forum has announced the seven companies selected to present to the audience at Pitch My Idea, a showcase of a high-calibre group of high growth potential companies with ambitious solutions across ... |
| Jun 23, 2026 | Sanger scientists to receive major grants from the European Research Council | The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the winners of its latest Advanced Grant competition.
ERC Advanced Grants give senior researchers the opportunity to pursue ambitious, curiosity-driven projects that could lead to major scie... |
| Jun 9, 2026 | Google DeepMind, Google.org and Sanger Institute to launch new AI consortium for genomics | Announced on 8 June at the AI x BIO conference, the Wellcome Sanger Institute and Google DeepMind, with support from Google.org, have announced a new artificial intelligence (AI) consortium for genomics.
Over five years, the consortium will... |
| Apr 17, 2026 | How IBM Quantum is Enabling Healthcare and Biology Research | In the first ever Q4Bio Challenge, research teams sought to demonstrate scalable quantum algorithms for healthcare, with Algorithmiq's work alongside Cleveland Clinic and IBM earning $2 million Q4Bio prize.
Q4Bio aims to accelerate developm... |
| Apr 15, 2026 | Роль соматических мутаций в развитии аутоиммунных заболеваний: путь к избирательной терапии | В основе аутоиммунных заболеваний щитовидной железы лежит поликлональный механизм. Соматические мутации в иммуннорегуляторных локусах ставят под сомнение традиционные подходы к лечению.
Иммунная система постоянно балансирует: она должна уни... |
| Dec 10, 2025 | Sapio Sciences Partners with the Wellcome Sanger Institute on Digital Laboratory Transformation | Sapio Sciences, the science-awareTM AI lab informatics platform, today announced that the Wellcome Sanger Institute has selected the Sapio Informatics Platform as its central LIMS to underpin the Institute’s ambitious lab transformation pro... |
| Nov 26, 2025 | Hospital bug jumps from lungs to gut, raising sepsis risk | A hospital-acquired bacterium that causes serious infections can move from the lungs to the gut inside the same patient, raising the risk of life-threatening sepsis, new research reveals.
Published on 25 November in Nature Communications, r... |
| Oct 9, 2025 | Hidden evolution in sperm raises disease risk for children as men age | Harmful genetic changes in sperm become substantially more common as men age because some are actively favoured during sperm production, new research has revealed.
In a landmark study published on 8 October in Nature, researchers from the W... |
| Sep 2, 2025 | SeqOne acquires Congenica to create a global leader in AI-powered genomic medicine | SeqOne, a pioneer in AI-driven genomic analysis, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Congenica, the UK company spun out of the Wellcome Sanger Institute. The acquisition creates the largest global ‘software pure player’ in th... |
| Sep 2, 2025 | Montpellier-based SeqOne acquires Cambridge-based Congenica to create a global leader in AI-powered genomic medicine | SeqOne, a French innovator in AI-driven genomic analysis, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Congenica, the UK company spun out of the Wellcome Sanger Institute.
The acquisition is set to create the “large... |
| Jan 16, 2025 | Milner Therapeutics Institute announces 2025 Consortium Call | The 2025 Milner Therapeutics Consortium Call opened on 13 January, with an exciting new focus around pharma-led challenges.
The 2025 Milner Therapeutics Consortium Call opened on 13 January, with an exciting new focus around pharma-led chal... |
| Jan 10, 2025 | Технологии секвенирования и геном человека | До чего дошел прогресс – до невиданных чудес… И одним из таких чудес, безусловно, является возможность читать «книгу жизни» посредством секвенирования нуклеиновых кислот, или, проще говоря, расшифровке их нуклеотидных последовательностей.
Д... |
| Nov 21, 2024 | Mapping 1.6 million gut cells to find new ways to treat disease | By combining 25 datasets, researchers have created the largest cohesive cell atlas of the human gut and uncovered a new way that stomach cells may play a role in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
The most comprehensive cell map of the human gut t... |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Immune response study explains why some people don't get COVID-19 | Scientists have discovered novel immune responses that help explain how some individuals avoid getting COVID-19.
Using single-cell sequencing, researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, University College London (UCL), Imperial College... |
| Jun 19, 2024 | Sepsis patients could get the right treatment faster, based on their genes | Sepsis patients could be treated based on their immune system’s response to infection, not their symptoms.
New research uncovers how different people respond to sepsis based on their genetic makeup, which could help identify who would benef... |
| Jun 19, 2024 | Scientists Explain Why Some People Never Got Infected with COVID-19 | By John Lopez
Published Jun 19, 2024 12:19PM EDT
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In a recent study, scientists have discovered novel immune responses that may explain w... |
| May 3, 2024 | Mystery risk factor linked to high rates of kidney cancer, major DNA study finds | Researchers analysing the DNA of people with kidney cancer worldwide have found evidence of an unknown trigger that could explain the longstanding mystery of why some countries* have a higher incidence of the disease.
In a paper published t... |
| Sep 24, 2023 | Get to know the inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) team at the NIHR BioResource | Who are they, what a day looks like in the team and everything involved in making our Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) team one of the core cogs in the workings of the NIHR BioResource!
Can you tell us the role of the IBD Team at the BioRes... |
| Apr 4, 2023 | Oncology startup from Sanger Institute nabs $28M, ex-Novartis SVP as CEO | Oncology startup from Sanger Institute nabs $28M, ex-Novartis SVP as CEO
Endpoints | Kyle LaHucik, Associate Editor
The Wellcome Sanger Institute’s latest oncology spinout will enter the clinic in about 18 to 24 months with a new CEO at the... |
| Apr 2, 2023 | UK Researchers Develop Virus Outbreak Monitoring System; Can This Stop Pandemics? | Trisha Kae Andrada, Tech Times 02 April 2023, 11:04 am
(Photo : Fusion Medical Animation from Unsplash)
British scientists are creating innovative new methods for monitoring the genetic evolution of respiratory viruses as they spread across... |
| Jun 29, 2022 | A Week At The Most Secretive Conference On Aging | Gordon Research Conference (GRC) Systems Aging 2022. Row 1: Vera Gorbunova, Cavin Ward-Caviness, ... [+] Samuel Beck, Sruthi Sivakumar, Vittorio Sebastiano, Steve Horvath, Vadim Gladyshev, Morgan Levine, Daniel Promislow, Brianah McCoy, Ric... |
| Dec 10, 2021 | New centre to foster global conversations about ethical issues raised by science | New centre to foster global conversations about ethical issues raised by science
10-12-2021
The University of Cambridge and Wellcome Connecting Science announce the launch of the Kavli Centre for Ethics, Science, and the Public, to engage p... |
| Dec 8, 2021 | Sanger Institute launches Fellowship programme to support next generation of Black scientists | The Wellcome Sanger Institute has today (8 December) launched the Sanger Excellence Postdoctoral Fellowship − a Fellowship designed to support the training and career development of scientists from Black backgrounds.
At least one Fellowship... |
| Dec 8, 2021 | Sanger Institute launches Fellowship programme to support next generation of Black scientists | Sanger Institute launches Fellowship programme to support next generation of Black scientists
08-12-2021
The Wellcome Sanger Institute has today (8 December) launched the Sanger Excellence Postdoctoral Fellowship − a Fellowship designed to ... |
| Dec 6, 2021 | Human parasite’s daily rhythms could be targeted for better treatments | Human parasite’s daily rhythms could be targeted for better treatments
06-12-2021
For the first time, the worm that causes schistosomiasis has been shown to have a daily rhythm that impacts which genes are switched on at different times.
Th... |
| Dec 3, 2021 | Uterus study is important step towards understanding diseases that affect one third of women | Uterus study is important step towards understanding diseases that affect one third of women
03-12-2021
The most comprehensive cell atlas to date of the human uterus has identified two new epithelial cell states that can be used to distingu... |
| Nov 17, 2021 | Researchers will map immune cells across Latin America with support from CZI | Researchers will map immune cells across Latin America with support from CZI
17-11-2021
A new grant awarded to the Wellcome Sanger Institute and international collaborators within seven Latin American countries by the Chan Zuckerberg Initia... |
| Nov 16, 2021 | Sanger researchers to tackle deadly brain cancer with ‘tissue time machine’ | Sanger researchers to tackle deadly brain cancer with ‘tissue time machine’
16-11-2021
Sanger Institute scientists are starting a new project that will integrate information from spatial transcriptomics with single-cell RNA and DNA sequenci... |
| Nov 2, 2021 | Akoya Biosciences Announces Founding Members of First-of-its-Kind Imaging Innovators (I²) Network | I2 Investigators will leverage CODEX technology and the expertise of Akoya and its partners as they push the boundaries of spatial biology.
MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Nov. 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akoya Biosciences Inc., (Nasdaq: AKYA) The Spa... |
| Oct 15, 2021 | The inside story of England COVID pandemic described in new study | The inside story of England COVID pandemic described in new study
15-10-2021
The Covid-19 crisis that gripped the UK between September 2020 and June 2021 can be thought of as a series of overlapping epidemics, rather than a single event, sa... |
| Sep 29, 2021 | Entrepreneurial pathways to impact: spinning-out your research | Entrepreneurial pathways to impact: spinning-out your research
Hosted by Cambridge Innovation Capital in partnership with Cambridge Enterprise
Supported by Babraham Institute, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Start Codon and Deeptech Labs
Registe... |
| Sep 8, 2021 | International research consortium to tackle tumour drug resistance using single-cell sequencing | International research consortium to tackle tumour drug resistance using single-cell sequencing
08-09-2021
Sanger Institute scientists join a new collaborative research project that will use single-cell sequencing to tackle drug resistance ... |
| Sep 1, 2021 | Single Cell Discoveries joins consortium to build a single-cell cancer atlas to find therapy resistant tumor cells | |
| Aug 26, 2021 | Researchers discover individual variation in how our bodies develop and acquire mutations | Researchers discover individual variation in how our bodies develop and acquire mutations
26-08-2021
New insights into how the human body develops from one cell into trillions, and the genetic mutations that cells pick up along the way, hav... |
| Aug 5, 2021 | New therapeutic target discovered for a number of aggressive cancers | New therapeutic target discovered for a number of aggressive cancers
05-08-2021
A protein in tumour cells could be targeted to treat some types of aggressive cancer including brain, blood, skin, and kidney, new research has shown.
The scien... |
| Jun 25, 2021 | Water vole genome will help boost conservation of one of UK's most endangered mammals | Water vole genome will help boost conservation of one of UK's most endangered mammals
25-06-2021
A new tool to help conserve one of the UK’s most threatened mammals has been released, with the publication of the first high-quality reference... |
| May 28, 2021 | Atlas of malaria parasite gene activity provides new targets for drugs and vaccines | Atlas of malaria parasite gene activity provides new targets for drugs and vaccines
28-05-2021
Researchers have mapped in fine detail the genetic changes malaria parasites go through as they prepare to infect people.
The atlas maps the mala... |
| May 24, 2021 | Use single-cell biology to shed light on pediatric diseases currently in the dark | There are few things harder for a physician to say to a patient than “I don’t know what’s wrong.” Saying that is even harder when you’re sitting across from the parent of a child with an undiagnosed condition.
And as I learned from experien... |
| May 11, 2021 | Identifying the rise of multi drug resistant E.coli | Identifying the rise of multi drug resistant E.coli
11-05-2021
Antibiotic resistance in E.coli has been steadily increasing since the early 2000s despite attempts to control it, a new study suggests.
In the biggest genomic survey of E.coli ... |
| Apr 29, 2021 | New era of quality and scale in genome sequencing will drive biological discovery | New era of quality and scale in genome sequencing will drive biological discovery
29-04-2021
Publication of 16 high-quality vertebrate reference genomes establishes standards for biodiversity genomics.
The Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP) r... |
| Apr 21, 2021 | Differing immune responses discovered in asymptomatic cases versus those with severe COVID-19 | Differing immune responses discovered in asymptomatic cases versus those with severe COVID-19
21-04-2021
The largest study of its type in the UK has identified differences in the immune response to COVID-19, between people with no symptoms,... |
| Apr 19, 2021 | Genetic variants identified that impact immune cells' functioning | Genetic variants identified that impact immune cells' functioning
19-04-2021
Certain genetic variants that cause modified protein binding in immune cells, are also seen in those at high risk of some autoimmune diseases, new research has fou... |
| Apr 13, 2021 | New genetic drug target for treatment resistant colorectal cancer | New genetic drug target for treatment resistant colorectal cancer
13-04-2021
Targeting a specific cancer survival gene in colorectal cancer could lead to new treatment options for advanced disease, new research suggests.
Researchers from th... |
| Mar 26, 2021 | Salivary gland cells revealed as sites of COVID-19 infection | Salivary gland cells revealed as sites of COVID-19 infection
26-03-2021
Scientists have shown that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can infect specific cells in the salivary gland in the mouth.
The study by researchers from the W... |
| Mar 11, 2021 | Placenta is a dumping ground for genetic defects | Placenta is a dumping ground for genetic defects
11-03-2021
In the first study of the genomic architecture of the human placenta, scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the University of Cambridge and their collaborators have confirme... |
| Mar 10, 2021 | Full evolutionary journey of hospital superbug mapped for the first time | Full evolutionary journey of hospital superbug mapped for the first time
10-03-2021
Modern hospitals and antibiotic treatment alone did not create all the antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria we see today. Instead, selection pressures f... |
| Mar 9, 2021 | Students invited to create a card game inspired by the Human Cell Atlas | Students invited to create a card game inspired by the Human Cell Atlas
09-03-2021
School students aged 11-14 across the UK are invited to develop an idea for a brand new card game, inspired by research into the human body. The winning idea... |
| Mar 8, 2021 | New search engine for single cell atlases | New search engine for single cell atlases
08-03-2021
A new software tool allows researchers to quickly query datasets generated from single-cell sequencing. Users can identify which cell types any combination of genes are active in.
Publish... |
| Mar 8, 2021 | Virtual event celebrates Equality and Diversity Champions from the Wellcome Genome Campus | Virtual event celebrates Equality and Diversity Champions from the Wellcome Genome Campus
08-03-2021
The Wellcome Genome Campus celebrates International Women’s Day today (8 March 2021) with its annual awards for Best Practice for Supportin... |
| Feb 24, 2021 | Gene that helps control egg’s journey sheds light on why ectopic pregnancy may occur | Gene that helps control egg’s journey sheds light on why ectopic pregnancy may occur
24-02-2021
Ectopic pregnancy is one of the most common prenatal complications, yet the cause of the condition remains unknown. Now researchers at the Wellc... |
| Feb 19, 2021 | Lab-grown ‘mini-bile ducts’ used to repair human livers in regenerative medicine first | Lab-grown ‘mini-bile ducts’ used to repair human livers in regenerative medicine first
19-02-2021
Scientists have used a technique to grow bile duct organoids – often referred to as ‘mini-organs’ – in the lab and shown that these can be use... |
| Feb 15, 2021 | New COVID-19 saliva testing strategy could translate into easy-to-use home device | New COVID-19 saliva testing strategy could translate into easy-to-use home device
15-02-2021
A new two-stage saliva testing strategy for SARS-CoV-2 virus infection that is simpler and easier to use than nasal swab tests has been developed b... |
| Feb 9, 2021 | New drug targets for childhood cancer neuroblastoma identified | New drug targets for childhood cancer neuroblastoma identified
09-02-2021
The largest single cell study to date of the childhood cancer, neuroblastoma, has answered important questions about the genesis of the disease.
The researchers from ... |
| Jan 25, 2021 | Developmental origins of eczema and psoriasis discovered | Developmental origins of eczema and psoriasis discovered
25-01-2021
Scientists have created a highly detailed map of skin, which reveals that cellular processes from development are re-activated in cells from patients with inflammatory skin... |
| Dec 18, 2020 | Cell atlas of tropical disease parasite may hold key to new treatments | Cell atlas of tropical disease parasite may hold key to new treatments
18-12-2020
The first cell atlas of an important life stage of Schistosoma mansoni, a parasitic worm that poses a risk to hundreds of millions of people each year, has be... |
| Dec 16, 2020 | Ten artists to create artworks for global research project mapping the human body | Ten artists to create artworks for global research project mapping the human body
16-12-2020
The Human Cell Atlas (HCA) global initiative to map every cell type in the body, has launched its One Cell at a Time arts and community project tak... |
| Oct 19, 2020 | Study linking 28 genes to developmental disorders will mean diagnoses for around 500 families | Study linking 28 genes to developmental disorders will mean diagnoses for around 500 families
19-10-2020
Research into the causes of developmental disorders has identified 285 genes linked to these conditions, including 28 newly-associated ... |
| Oct 2, 2020 | DNA changes in healthy bladder provide clues on how cancer arises | DNA changes in healthy bladder provide clues on how cancer arises
02-10-2020
The first comprehensive study of DNA changes in healthy and diseased human bladder tissue has revealed that ‘cancer-driving’ mutations are common in healthy bladde... |
| Sep 28, 2020 | Highly detailed map of heart could guide personalised heart treatments | Highly detailed map of heart could guide personalised heart treatments
28-09-2020
Scientists have created a cellular and molecular map of the healthy human heart, to understand how this vital organ functions, and to shed light on what goes ... |
| Sep 4, 2020 | Genetic information can predict predisposition to rare and common blood diseases | Genetic information can predict predisposition to rare and common blood diseases
04-09-2020
Two large-scale genetic studies have identified the bulk of genetic variation that influences medically-important characteristics of our blood cells... |
| Jul 31, 2020 | New drug targets for lethal brain cancer discovered | New drug targets for lethal brain cancer discovered
31-07-2020
Researchers have engineered a new mouse model for studying glioblastoma, the most aggressive type of brain cancer.
More than 200 genes with novel and known roles in glioblastoma... |
| Jul 30, 2020 | Steroids help tumours suppress immune system, offering new immunotherapy targets | Steroids help tumours suppress immune system, offering new immunotherapy targets
30-07-2020
A study has revealed that tumours can evade the immune system by telling immune cells to produce immunosuppressive steroids. Researchers from the We... |
| Jul 14, 2020 | Explore Covid-19 science in action with new Human Cell Atlas animation | Explore Covid-19 science in action with new Human Cell Atlas animation
14-07-2020
A new animation has been created for secondary school students to explore how the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus responsible for COVID-19 works, and how the Human Cel... |
| Jul 9, 2020 | Drug screens and CRISPR combine to help make better cancer drugs | Drug screens and CRISPR combine to help make better cancer drugs
09-07-2020
Improved understanding of the biological mechanisms underpinning drug response will enable faster, more efficient drug development.
A new study has created the most... |
| Jun 19, 2020 | Update to DECIPHER brings power to clinical genomics | Update to DECIPHER brings power to clinical genomics
19-06-2020
Update to rare disease database allows researchers and clinicians to input, interpret and share all types of genomic variants in all regions of the genome.
A new update was lau... |
| Jun 12, 2020 | Sanger researcher wins prize from European Society for Human Genetics | Sanger researcher wins prize from European Society for Human Genetics
12-06-2020
Dr Gosia Trynka, Group Leader at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, has been awarded the 2020 Leena Peltonen prize by the European Society for Human Genetics (ESHG... |
| May 29, 2020 | 4,000 years of contact, conflict and cultural change had little genetic impact on Near East | 4,000 years of contact, conflict and cultural change had little genetic impact on Near East
29-05-2020
The Near East was a crossroad for the ancient world’s greatest civilizations, and invasions over centuries caused enormous changes in cul... |
| May 26, 2020 | Analysis of COVID-19 Genomes reveals large numbers of introductions to the UK in March | Analysis of COVID-19 Genomes reveals large numbers of introductions to the UK in March
26-05-2020
Data reports published by the COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium (COG-UK) show the value in mapping COVID-19 lineages across the UK to understand... |
| May 19, 2020 | Potentially cancerous cells kept in check by competitive neighbours, study of oesophagus finds | The expansion of ‘mutant’ cells that could lead to cancer is often kept in check by their neighbours, research from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the University of Cambridge and their collaborators has found. The team discovered that when ... |
| May 19, 2020 | Potentially cancerous cells kept in check by competitive neighbours, study of oesophagus finds | Potentially cancerous cells kept in check by competitive neighbours, study of oesophagus finds
19-05-2020
The expansion of ‘mutant’ cells that could lead to cancer is often kept in check by their neighbours, research from the Wellcome Sange... |
| Apr 23, 2020 | Normal human uterus is colonised by clones with cancer-driving mutations that arise early in life, study finds | Normal human uterus is colonised by clones with cancer-driving mutations that arise early in life, study finds
23-04-2020
Many cells in the inner lining of the uterus carry ‘cancer-driving’ mutations that frequently arise early in life, rep... |
| Apr 23, 2020 | Key nose cells identified as likely COVID-19 entry points | Key nose cells identified as likely COVID-19 entry points
23-04-2020
Study with Human Cell Atlas could help understand transmission of the virus.
Two specific cell types in the nose have been identified as likely initial infection points fo... |
| Apr 16, 2020 | Experience matters for immune cells - discovery of T cells response spectrum could help understand immune diseases | Experience matters for immune cells - discovery of T cells response spectrum could help understand immune diseases
16-04-2020
The discovery that immune T cells have a spectrum of responsiveness could shed light on how our immune system resp... |
| Mar 23, 2020 | UK launches whole genome sequence alliance to map spread of coronavirus | UK launches whole genome sequence alliance to map spread of coronavirus
23-03-2020
The Wellcome Sanger Institute will collaborate with expert groups across the country to analyse the genetic code of COVID-19 samples circulating in the UK, p... |
| Feb 14, 2020 | Comprehensive study finds mutations in non-coding genome are infrequent drivers of cancer | A clearer picture of how DNA changes lead to cancer has emerged, following the most comprehensive evaluation of non-coding driver mutations to date by researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Mas... |
| Feb 14, 2020 | Comprehensive study finds mutations in non-coding genome are infrequent drivers of cancer | Comprehensive study finds mutations in non-coding genome are infrequent drivers of cancer
14-02-2020
A clearer picture of how DNA changes lead to cancer has emerged, following the most comprehensive evaluation of non-coding driver mutations... |
| Dec 6, 2019 | Root of childhood kidney cancer discovered | Root of childhood kidney cancer discovered
06-12-2019
A fundamental change in our understanding of the childhood kidney cancer Wilms' tumour is on the horizon, after the discovery of its earliest genetic root by scientists at the Wellcome S... |
| Nov 15, 2019 | New malaria drug targets identified in liver stage of life cycle | New malaria drug targets identified in liver stage of life cycle
15-11-2019
New research into the different life stages of malaria parasites has identified promising areas for new drug targets aimed at disrupting the parasite’s invasion of ... |
| Nov 11, 2019 | Ambitious project to map genomes of all life on British Isles funded by Wellcome | Ambitious project to map genomes of all life on British Isles funded by Wellcome
11-11-2019
An unprecedented insight to the diverse range of species on the British Isles will be made possible by Wellcome funding to the Darwin Tree of Life P... |
| Nov 1, 2019 | Measles infection wipes our immune system's memory, leaving us vulnerable to other diseases | Measles infection wipes our immune system's memory, leaving us vulnerable to other diseases
01-11-2019
Scientists have shown how measles causes long-term damage to the immune system, leaving people vulnerable to other infections. Researcher... |
| Sep 24, 2019 | Scientists hone in on DNA differences behind immune diseases | Scientists hone in on DNA differences behind immune diseases
24-09-2019
Scientists are one step closer to discovering the causes of immune diseases such as asthma, multiple sclerosis and arthritis. Research from the Wellcome Sanger Institut... |
| Jun 21, 2019 | First lung map uncovers new insights into asthma | First lung map uncovers new insights into asthma
21-06-2019
For the first time, researchers have mapped the building blocks of the human lungs and airways, in both asthma patients and normal people.
The research from the Wellcome Sanger Ins... |
| Jun 11, 2019 | Pneumonia mapped in largest genomic survey of any disease-causing bacterium | Pneumonia mapped in largest genomic survey of any disease-causing bacterium
11-06-2019
Researchers have mapped the most common bacterial cause of pneumonia around the world and revealed how these bacteria evolve in response to vaccination.
... |
| May 29, 2019 | Global Strep A vaccine one step closer | Global Strep A vaccine one step closer
29-05-2019
The search for a global Strep A vaccine has narrowed after researchers sequenced the DNA of more than 2,000 Group A Streptococcus samples from around the world.
Researchers from the Wellcome... |
| May 16, 2019 | CRISPR catches out critical cancer changes | CRISPR catches out critical cancer changes
16-05-2019
Researchers reveal which gene fusions are critical for the growth of cancer cells and identify a new drug target for multiple cancers.
In the first large-scale analysis of cancer gene fu... |
| Apr 15, 2019 | Mice reveal 38 new genes involved in hearing loss | Mice reveal 38 new genes involved in hearing loss
15-04-2019
Multiple new genes involved in hearing loss have been revealed in a huge study of mouse mutants by researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and King’s College London, and co... |
| Apr 11, 2019 | New cancer drug targets accelerate path to precision medicine | New cancer drug targets accelerate path to precision medicine
11-04-2019
Researchers discover thousands of genes essential for cancer’s survival and rank which ones show the most promise as drug targets for developing new treatments.
In one... |
| Mar 11, 2019 | Major mutation pattern in cancer occurs in bursts | Major mutation pattern in cancer occurs in bursts
11-03-2019
Researchers have created a huge resource for investigating the biological mechanisms that cause cancer. The scientists from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and their collaborators i... |
| Feb 28, 2019 | Improving global surveillance of antibiotic resistance | Improving global surveillance of antibiotic resistance
28-02-2019
A World Health Organization (WHO) Technical Note has been published that will enable health authorities to make informed choices on the most appropriate molecular tests in or... |
| Feb 13, 2019 | Cancer comparison across species highlights new drug targets | Cancer comparison across species highlights new drug targets
13-02-2019
Cancer genes in mucosal melanoma, a rare and poorly understood subtype of melanoma, have been compared in humans, dogs and horses for the first time by scientists at th... |
| Feb 1, 2019 | Genetic testing gives answers on developmental disorders during pregnancy | Genetic testing gives answers on developmental disorders during pregnancy
01-02-2019
Genetic testing improves the diagnoses of abnormalities in developing babies that are picked up during ultrasound scans, scientists report in The Lancet.
S... |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Genetic study reveals possible new routes to treating osteoarthritis | Genetic study reveals possible new routes to treating osteoarthritis
24-01-2019
In the largest genetic study of osteoarthritis to date, scientists have uncovered 52 new genetic changes linked to the disease, which doubles the number of gene... |
| Nov 29, 2018 | Largest study of CRISPR-Cas9 mutations creates prediction tool for gene editing | Largest study of CRISPR-Cas9 mutations creates prediction tool for gene editing
29-11-2018
The largest study of CRISPR action to date has developed a method to predict the exact mutations CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing can introduce to a cell.
Re... |
| Nov 8, 2018 | Largest parasitic worm genetic study hatches novel treatment possibilities | Largest parasitic worm genetic study hatches novel treatment possibilities
08-11-2018
The largest genomic study of parasitic worms to date has identified hundreds of thousands of new genes and predicted many new potential drug targets and d... |
| Nov 1, 2018 | Genetic code of 66,000 UK species to be sequenced | Genetic code of 66,000 UK species to be sequenced
01-11-2018
The genetic codes of 66,000 species in the UK are planned to be sequenced by the Wellcome Sanger Institute and its collaborators as part of a global effort to sequence the genomes... |
| Oct 25, 2018 | Largest census of cancer genes will help scientists understand causes and find drug targets | Largest census of cancer genes will help scientists understand causes and find drug targets
25-10-2018
Researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute have created the first comprehensive summary of all genes known to be involved in human canc... |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Mutant cells colonise our tissues over our lifetime | Mutant cells colonise our tissues over our lifetime
19-10-2018
By the time we reach middle age, more than half of the oesophagus in healthy people has been taken over by cells carrying mutations in cancer genes, scientists have uncovered. B... |
