Course: The Genomics Era: the Future of Genetics in Medicine

Dr Tessa Homfray, Consultant in Clinical Genetics, discusses how genomic technologies have transformed the diagnosis of inherited cardiac disease, how they are transforming available treatment options and the increasing use …

Dr Basky Thilaganathan, Professor of Fetal Medicine, discusses how genomic technologies have impacted on the practice of fetal medicine.

The clinical applications of genomic technologies are vast and offer opportunities to improve healthcare across the breadth of medical specialities. We will explore some of these applications in more depth …

Mr and Mrs Peterson discuss their options for genetic testing. Please note: Mr and Mrs Peterson are fictional characters invented for teaching purposes, and these clinical scenarios are designed to …

You have now reached the end of week three. Well done! In this week’s final video, we will go over and summarise what we have learnt this week. We have …

This video outlines different types of genetic reports received by clinicians, the different results they may give and what the implications of these are in clinical practice. What are the …

We have discussed the vast amount of variation contained within the human genome, and two different ways in which this variation can be identified – the use of array CGH …

Our resident scientist tells you his favourite genomics facts.

As we discussed earlier in the course, chromosomes are essentially packages of DNA. To revise, humans have 46 chromosomes or 23 pairs, with one chromosome of each pair inherited from …

We have previously discussed the great extent of genetic variation found within each of our genomes. We have also discussed how some of that variation can lead to human disease. …

This video looks at how various technologies have impacted on medicine over the last 60 years. Talking point During the video, we learnt that, in 1998, a private company run …