What’s been going on in the life sciences world this week? Check out Week in Brief for an overview of the biggest news.

We spoke to James Oakley (Keep Me Breathing) about his journey following his son's diagnosis of Congenital Central ...

We spoke to Allison Watson (Ring20 Research & Support UK CIO) about her journey following her son’s diagnosis of a rare form ...

Analysis of proteins is not simple. Unlike DNA, there is incredible diversity in the concentration and variety of proteins created by a cell at any given moment. In our Proteomics Playbook we outline ...

As advancements in genetic technologies accelerate at an astonishing pace, the potential for gene editing to transform our world becomes closer to being realised. With the advent of revolutionary ...

The idea that the experiences of our ancestors shape who we are today is not a novel one. In fact, throughout history, great thinkers from around the world have proposed theories and ideas to explain ...

Illumina’s systems employ short-read sequencing techniques, which has been the predominant NGS technology for the last decade. The company has made huge advances in the NGS space and now markets a ...

The metabolome consists of all the small molecules, or metabolites, which are components and products of biochemical reactions taking place within the body. Given its dynamic nature, metabolomics is a ...

The Global Enteric Multicentre Study (GEMS) was a three-year initiative to identify causes of diarrhoeal disease in children from south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Whilst the study was successful in ...

Multi-omics is the combining of different “omics” – the genome, epigenome, transcriptome and proteome. Studying each layer in isolation can only colour in part of the picture. By bringing all these ...

Two things that have defined the 21 st century are genomics and the internet. Through a combination of these has emerged a controversial type of ‘influencer’ on the internet – self-gene-editors or ...