Do we all carry the breast cancer gene?
A gene carries the information needed to produce a protein, but often when we hear genetic findings reported in the media, we are told of the discovery of a gene …
Course: Whole Genome Sequencing: Decoding the Language of Life and Health
Imagining the genome as a book
The human genome is complex, but for the sake of simplicity it can be imagined like a book: our DNA is composed of letters (chemical bases). Put together, these form …
Why do we want to know about genomes?
Before we start looking in more detail at the genome and what it means for our health, Dr Michelle Bishop, one of our course educators, introduces us to a range …
Meet the Genomic Scientists
In the last few steps we’ve met some of the members of the genomics team, which, as Michelle Bishop explained in step 2.4, is a broad term describing the professionals …
The complex nature of deciding what to report
In this video, Dr Anna Middleton considers the complexity of deciding how to handle the vast amount of data that results from whole genome sequencing, and looks at the decisions …
Possibilities for whole genome sequencing
In this video, Dr Michelle Bishop and Dr Steve Scott consider where we are now and what might be possible in the future. They discuss the advantages of whole genome …
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Whole Genome Sequencing: Decoding the Language of Life and Health