Genomics, Ethics, Genetic Counselling and it's impact on society.
For patients receiving genetic counselling there is often a mixture of emotions and anxieties involved. The very purpose of this service is to help people make sense of who they are, what inherited risks they might face, or even come to terms with a difficult diagnosis.
What springs to mind when thinking about genetic testing? You would expect the answer to be something about families, heredity, … More
Are we heading towards a future where genetic conditions are ‘screened-out’? Who gets to decide which conditions are screened for? … More
A new deal on data: are you with us? For most of us it is hard to unpick the various … More
Guest blog by Dr Vicky Chico, Legal Consultant, Society and Ethics Research Group, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge Yesterday myself and … More
On 30th September 2016 we were part of a very exciting event to determine, from a patient perspective, what the … More
The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) and the Wellcome Genome Campus have launched a new project to explore … More
How easy is it to strike up a conversation about genomics? Geno-what? Does the average person on the street know … More
An ancestor of Prince William’s from the 19th century was half Indian, according to The Times. This claim is based … More
The world reacted with shock as Angelina Jolie, Hollywood actress, UN Ambassador and world renowned beauty announced in the New … More
Channel 4 news ran a newspiece in 2014 on our research all about what people want to know from their … More
Accidental Research Subjects I read an article In the San Francisco Chronicle this week that raised a prickly question, namely … More
A paper published in the Lancet on 28th Feb showed that there were shared genetic causes behind autism spectrum disorder, … More
