In 2010, when the Deciphering Developmental Disorders project began screening patient genomes, we began talking to scientists, clinicians and patient…
Genetic counsellors and genomic counselling
The genomic era is upon us. From the Government’s pledge to sequence 100,000 genomes to the launch of 23andMe, a…
Leading questions
“Why do we itch – what’s occurring in our bodies?” and “Do animals have belly buttons?” These are just a…
Opportunistic genomic screening: the voices that need to be heard
Genetic screening: the voices that need to be heard.
Survey talk – guest blog by Dr Jenny Cham
This past Friday on the Genome Campus, Dr Anna Middleton of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute gave an interesting seminar…
Attention The Times: Prince William’s DNA is not a toy
An ancestor of Prince William’s from the 19th century was half Indian, according to The Times. This claim is based…
Angelina Jolie tested for one gene, what about the other 20,000?
The world reacted with shock as Angelina Jolie, Hollywood actress, UN Ambassador and world renowned beauty announced in the New…
Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer comments on Genomethics
To date, 3000 people have completed our online survey exploring various ethical implications arising from the application of genome technology. …
‘No choice for you’ according to the ACMG
The American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) has recently published recommendations for reporting incidental findings (IFs) in clinical exome and…
Sexual abuse: Getting the Message Across
A 35 year old woman, let’s call her Sarah, is estranged from her parents. After 20 years of no contact,…
DNA Sequencing – Can You Handle the Truth?
Having your genes studied is cheap (about $99) and easy (just spit here). And according to 23andMe (one of the…
Channel 4 news article on Genomethics survey
Channel 4 news ran a newspiece in 2014 on our research all about what people want to know from their…
The Accidental Research Subject
I read an article In the San Francisco Chronicle this week that raised a prickly question, namely – should patients…
Mental health links to genetics
A paper published in the Lancet on 28th Feb showed that there were shared genetic causes behind autism spectrum disorder,…
New, innovative survey
Your doctor knows you at increased risk of getting cancer. You’d want to know, right? Or maybe not. Researchers in…