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Edinburgh University’s Coronagenes study needs your help
The MRC Human Genetics Unit at Edinburgh University are looking for volunteers to help with their new CoronaGenes study, an international volunteer project to help understand…
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The UK government assemble £20m alliance – the COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium – to map the spread of coronavirus
The consortium will include the NHS, Public Health Agencies, Genomes and data centre Wellcome Sanger Institute, and other academic institutions. The aim of the alliance, which…
Oxford scientists develop rapid testing technology for COVID-19
Scientists from the University of Oxford’s Engineering Science Department and the Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research (OSCAR) have developed a rapid testing technology for the…
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Which Type of Athlete Are U?
Which athlete are you? This was the question Amsterdam based Ascot Genetics posed when they sent me a complimentary DNA kit to review in late February,…
Glossary: which DNA words do I really need to know?
The world of DNA can be pretty daunting when it comes to understanding the lingo: Chromosomes, Autosomal, Alleles, Short tandem repeat, Single-nucleotide polymorphism… The list goes…
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An introduction to direct-to-consumer genetic testing: from genetic genealogy to health DNA
People come to the world of DNA for a variety of reasons. It’s often through curiosity, that instinctive need to know where our ancestors came from,…