One of England’s top Chief Medical Officers has called for DNA testing to become standard routine on the NHS in order to improve patient care. Professor Dame Sally Davies has stated she wants to see whole genome screening (WGS) utilised in a manner akin to blood testing or biopsies so that treatments can be personalised
In a study of mice and monkeys, NIH funded researchers showed that they could prevent and reverse some of the brain injury caused by the toxic form of a protein called tau. The results, published in Science Translational Medicine, suggest that the study of compounds, called tau antisense oligonucleotides, that are genetically engineered to block
The British Heart Foundation has estimated that approximately 620,000 people in the UK are potentially carrying a faulty gene that puts them at high risk sudden death, but the foundation warns majority of carriers are unaware. The charity also noted that an accurate figure could be much higher due to under diagnosis and undiscovered faulty
Research conducted by scientists and doctors at the University of Southampton and Royal Bournemouth Hospital, has identified a network of genes that are likely to be shared by all patients who have chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL). The study has also identified gene networks that are associated with patient survival, which could be identified as potential
