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BlogWhat the UK Biobank data exposure should mean for the Health Data Research ServiceWednesday May 13, 2026Potential fallout from the recent UK Biobank data exposure - and similar cases - highlights ...

Stem cells are unique in that they can develop into different kinds of specialised cells that make up the tissues and organs of the body. This ability, together with their capacity to continuously ...

The European Union introduced the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 2018 and it forms part of current UK law. A long and complex piece of legislation, the GDPR governs the processing of ...

Cell-free fetal nucleic acids for non-invasive prenatal diagnosis is the result of a project funded and led by the PHG Foundation. An expert Working Group including GPs, obstetricians, midwives, ...

Genomic technologies have the potential to transform the management of infectious diseases. In Pathogen Genomics Into Practice we set out a roadmap to converting the power of this exciting new ...

Patricia is a policy analyst in the humanities team, specializing in the legal and ethical frameworks governing scientific health innovations, and the health data governance structures that support ...

In Artificial intelligence for genomic medicine we examine the intersection between AI and genomics, the drivers behind the recent rise of AI techniques for genomics and outline existing and emerging ...

Advances in clinical genomics have been enabled by short-read sequencing (SRS) technologies, where the DNA is broken into pieces up to 300 base pairs long. While these technologies have many ...

Dr. Chantal Babb de Villiers uses her expertise in genetics, healthcare, diagnostics, and epidemiology to contribute to many PHG Foundation projects including polygenic scores and technology ...

The potential of polygenic scores to improve risk stratification has reignited enthusiasm around the use of genetic information to help predict and prevent common disease. A new report from the PHG ...

Transcriptomics is the analysis of the transcriptome, the collection of all ribonucleic acid (RNA) that is present in a sample (a cell, tissue or organ) at a given time. RNA performs many functions ...