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Towards personalised medicine for type 2 diabetes?BlogNew study presents strong evidence that personalised medicine may be feasible outside the traditional areas of rare disease and cancer, and have some effect in combating diabetes, one of the major public health problems of the modern age.
Identification and genomic dataBlogA new PHG Foundation report aims to demystify the debate which erroneously regards all genetic and genomic data as identifying and recommends a new mindset is needed when generating, using and sharing data
Is this vision for UK life sciences too much to ask?BlogThe government unveiled its Industrial Strategy late last year, describing it as "a long-term plan to boost the productivity and earning power of people throughout the UK".
From health data to health actionBlogThere is growing recognition that the amalgamation of different data types including data produced by individuals through internet services, social media, and mobile phones could reveal valuable insights into a person’s health.
Heat and health – a role for genomics?BlogSome of us are more vulnerable than others to heat stress, particularly the long terms effects. We have been investigating evidence for taking a genomic approach
Dr Calvin W L HoDr Calvin Ho JDS (Cornell) PCLT (MIT) FRSPH (UK) is Associate Professor with the Faculty of Law at Monash University in Melbourne (Australia), and a Research Fellow of the Centre for Medical Ethics at the University of Hong Kong.
Innovations for healthOur latest policy briefings and explainers on the biomedical technologies emerging from the lab
Familial genomic informationReportAs co-leaders of work package 2 of the PROPHET project, we have recently completed a scoping review to establish identified biomarkers suitable for the use in the prevention of common diseases.
EU propose General Data Protection RegulationCase studyPHG Foundation has been working with the Wellcome Trust to ensure the new Data Protection Regulation balances keeping vital health data available for research, while keeping individual’s data safe.