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			<title>Further US funding for clinical genome sequencing research</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/04/2012/#story_11738</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is to award almost $5 million funding for projects that explore the clinical applications of genome sequencing.  &amp;nbsp;  The Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research (CSER) programme already supports five research projects and forms part of the la ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Translating genomics into health: meeting the challenges</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/04/2012/#story_11694</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Registration has opened for an innovative event organised by the PHG Foundation, with a unique focus on the opportunities for genomics to improve population health, and the challenges of achieving the necessary transfer into health systems.  &amp;nbsp;  Translating Genomics, to be held in the city of Ca ... ]]></description>
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			<title>UK to pilot expanded newborn screening programme</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/04/2012/#story_11623</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The UK is to pilot an expansion of the national newborn screening programme, which detects rare genetic disorders via bloodspot screening of newborn babies.  &amp;nbsp;  Currently, the UK programme comprises just five conditions: phenylketonuria, congenital hypothyroidism, sickle cell anaemia, cystic fi ... ]]></description>
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			<title>UK consultation on first national plan for rare diseases</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/03/2012/#story_11383</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The UK Department of Health has launched a new consultation on proposed plans for the first national strategy for rare diseases.  &amp;nbsp;  A rare disease is one that affects fewer than five people per 10,000; although they are individually rare, together they affect over 5% of the UK population (3.5  ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Calls for expanded BRCA1 genetic testing of women</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/02/2012/#story_11295</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ New research has suggested that UK guidelines on genetic testing for breast cancer may need to be updated.  &amp;nbsp;  Cancer Research UK (CRUK) scientists analysed over 300 women with triple negative (TN) breast cancer and identified BRCA1 mutations in over 10% of them.  &amp;nbsp;  Current NICE guidance  ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Not enough evidence for genetic breast cancer tests</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/02/2012/#story_11275</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The UK's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has released a consultation document on the use of gene expression profiling as a guide to chemotherapy for breast cancer.  &amp;nbsp;  The diagnostics consultation reviews three gene expression profiling tests, MammaPrint, Oncotype D ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Private cord blood banking in the NHS?</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/02/2012/#story_11144</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The umbilical cord blood banking company, Virgin Health Bank, has announced a new partnership with Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Trust, the first such deal between a private cord blood bank and an NHS hospital in the UK.  &amp;nbsp;  Virgin will be able to market their stem cell banking servi ... ]]></description>
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			<title>PHG Foundation response to the HGSG report</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/01/2012/#story_11086</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Established in 2010 as part of the Government&amp;rsquo;s response to the House of Lords Inquiry into genomic medicine, the Human Genomics Strategy Group (HGSG), under the chairmanship of Sir John Bell, has taken a wide and detailed look at the emerging technologies and considered how the NHS can reap t ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Boosting innovation in the UK health service</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/01/2012/#story_10950</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The UK National Health Service (NHS) is taking new steps to boost uptake of clinical innovations.  &amp;nbsp;  A new prototype tool for staff from the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement is intended to accelerate sustainable uptake of innovations and improvements. For use when decisions are bei ... ]]></description>
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			<title>New guidance for sickle cell and thalassaemia screening</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/11/2011/#story_10573</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Revised standards for the UK sickle cell and thalassaemia screening programme, which has been running for ten years, have been released.  &amp;nbsp;  Both sickle cell disease (also known as sickle cell anaemia) and thalassaemia are groups of related recessive genetic disorders that affect haemoglobin, t ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Perspectives on translational science</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/11/2011/#story_10453</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ This year&amp;rsquo;s theme for the fourth annual Building Bridges in Medical Science conference was translational science and interdisciplinary research.&amp;nbsp;   The PHG Foundation was one of the sponsors of this event, which gave a number of perspectives on bench-to-bedside research. This ranged from  ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Genomics in nursing and midwifery</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/10/2011/#story_10418</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A task force set up to consider the future of genetics and genomics in relation to nursing and midwifery has released a report of its findings, which were presented to the Nursing and Midwifery Professional Advisory Board.   &amp;nbsp;The group reviewed a number of areas including key drivers, scope of  ... ]]></description>
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			<title>New report: getting ready for genomics in health systems</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/10/2011/#story_10368</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The PHG Foundation&amp;rsquo;s latest report sets out a strategy for the UK National Health Services to make the most of new and emerging opportunities for better care thanks to whole genome sequencing (WGS) technologies.  &amp;nbsp;  Next steps in the sequence: the implications of whole genome sequencing f ... ]]></description>
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			<title>UK health service 'unprepared' for genomics</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/08/2011/#story_9399</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Sir John Bell, the chairman of the government&amp;rsquo;s advisory Human Genomics Strategy Group (HGSG) has said that the UK is missing out on the opportunities for both patient and commercial benefits offered by modern genomics.  &amp;nbsp;  In an interview with Mark Henderson of the Times newspaper, Sir J ... ]]></description>
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			<title>HGC releases report on preconception screening</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/04/2011/#story_8081</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Preconception genetic testing identifies carriers of genetic mutations responsible for a range of genetic conditions and has the advantage of identifying at-risk individuals at a point when they have the widest range of personal and reproductive choices. Such tests could either be offered to specifi ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Fair access to genetics needed in mainstream medical services</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/03/2011/#story_7971</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A new approach is needed to ensure that genomics is embedded throughout mainstream medical practice, according to the PHG Foundation.&amp;nbsp;Genomics offers expanding opportunities for improved diagnosis and management for patients with inherited conditions, who represent a significant sub-group withi ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Familial high cholesterol cases going undiagnosed</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/01/2011/#story_7416</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The need for improved and more equitable access to genetic testing and services for families with forms of inherited cardiac conditions across the UK was identified in a PHG Foundation report (see previous news), with recommendations for the development of specialist services. Though moves have been ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Health decision making in low income countries</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/08/2010/#story_5641</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ 

  An analysis article in the British Medical Journal discusses the importance of relating health spending to local needs in low income countries. The authors consider difficulties that low income countries face when it comes to assessing their health needs and initiatives that could help local dec ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Major UK regulators and health agencies to be scrapped</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/07/2010/#story_5591</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ In a new review of health-related &amp;lsquo;arms-length bodies&amp;rsquo; or ALBs, UK Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has announced that several major health agencies are to be scrapped in an attempt to save money and reduce bureaucracy&amp;nbsp;(see&amp;nbsp;press release). The affected bodies include the Human F ... ]]></description>
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			<title>UK 10,000 human genomes project launched</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/06/2010/#story_5553</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ This month marks the tenth anniversary of the completion of the first draft human genome sequence, with a range of events and commentaries marking the occasion. In an interview with the Times, Francis Collins, who led the US arm of the international Human Genome Project (HGP), has said that he expec ... ]]></description>
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