Five of our medical students recently presented at the UK Cancer Genetics Group national meeting in May: About Us – Cancer Genetics Group (ukcgg.org) From left to right – Sejal […]
Congratulations to Professor Nik-Zainal from the Department of Medical Genetics on her election to the Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences
Previous Foulkes Foundation Academy of Medical Sciences Medal winner, Professor Serena Nik-Zainal FMedSci, develops algorithms which pick up cancers missed by conventional screening and work to identify cancers that respond […]
Appointment of the new Head of Department
The Department of Medical Genetics is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Marc Tischkowitz as Head of the Department on 15th April 2023. Marc Tischkowitz is a Professor […]
Neuropsychiatric risk in children with intellectual disability of genetic origin: IMAGINE – The UK National Cohort Study
A major study of children with intellectual disabilities has highlighted the additional challenges that they often face, including a much-increased likelihood of being diagnosed as autistic, as well as […]
Novel assay for clinical diagnostic and research studies of the role of disordered imprinting in human disease states
A new promising tool to interrogate DNA methylation at human imprinted regions has been developed by researchers from the University of Cambridge’s Department of Medical Genetics. ImprintSeq is a hybridization […]
Professor Serena Nik-Zainal from Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) and the University of Cambridge, analyses the complete genetic make-up or whole-genome sequences (WGS) of more than 12,000 NHS cancer patients.
DNA analysis of thousands of tumours from NHS patients has found a ‘treasure trove’ of clues about the causes of cancer, with genetic mutations providing a personal history of the […]
New publications from MPhil in Genomic Medicine students
Two former University of Cambridge MPhil in Genomic Medicine students have started 2022 by each publishing a research paper. Students who study the MPhil in Genomic Medicine (https://medgen.medschl.cam.ac.uk/graduate-admissions/mphil-in-genomic-medicine/) have the […]
Expanding the genotype and phenotype spectrum of SYT1-associated neurodevelopmental disorder
Around 3% of the global community has intellectual disability (ID, also known as learning disability), meaning significant lifelong cognitive difficulties impacting on everyday life. Extraordinary progress has been made in […]
Faulty BRCA genes linked to prostate and pancreatic cancers
A study published today in the Journal of Clinical Oncology has provided the strongest evidence to date of these links and helped researchers estimate more accurately the associated risk. Since […]
Congratulations to Professor Serena Nik-Zainal for winning the 2021 Foulkes Foundation Academy of Medical Sciences Medal and NIHR Research Professorship Award
The Foulkes Foundation Academy of Medical Sciences Medal: The Foulkes Foundation Academy of Medical Sciences Medal is awarded biennially to a rising star within biomedical research for contributing important and significant impacts […]
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