Are you a young person interested in finding out more about genomics and health, or affected by a rare or genetic condition? Join us for Young People’s Genomics Café! These events are aimed at those aged 16 to 25 and are run by Wales Gene Park with Genomics Partnership Wales. At February’s café we have… Read more »
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UK’s Rare Diseases Framework published
Genetic Alliance UK welcomes the publication of the UK’s Rare Diseases Framework and looks forward to working with the four nations of the UK to help deliver its aims. This is once again an almost unique piece of health policy in that it represents a commitment from the UK’s four health ministers to deliver a… Read more »
Public talk: V for Vaccination – from Cowpox to Covid, 28th & 29th Jan. 2021 **EXTRA DATE ADDED**
Join Wales Gene Park for a free public talk on the social history of vaccination and discussion session on what it means now for Covid. All welcome! The talk on 28th Jan is now fully booked however a repeat session will be held on 29th Jan at 11am. Book a place on the 29th Jan… Read more »
Familial Paraganglioma Syndromes All Wales Multidisciplinary Virtual Study Day: 28th Jan. 2021
Familial paraganglioma syndromes are complex disorders and more common than previously thought. Our understanding of these disorders has grown significantly over the last 20 years; however, diagnosis, treatment and management can still be challenging, both for the patients and their health care professionals. The morning will include talks from experts around the UK to cover… Read more »
Rapid NGS Diagnostic Workshop: 4th & 5th Feb 2021 (9.30am to 12.30pm, both days)
The role of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) in clinical diagnostics of patients with rare genetic diseases over the past decade has been transformative. Almost all genetic diagnoses are now made using a form of NGS, be that a gene panel, an exome (all coding genes) or the whole genome. This has led to research into… Read more »
COVID-19 update from Wales Gene Park: December 2020
As lockdown restrictions eased in Wales over the summer, we were pleased to re-open our laboratories and resume practical work. Both the Genomic Sequencing lab, based in the Division of Cancer and Genetics, School of Medicine, and the Genome Editing lab, based in the School of Biosciences, in Cardiff University are open for business. Things… Read more »
Wales Gene Park Annual Report 2019 – 2020
The Wales Gene Park Annual Report 2019 – 2020 is now available here The report shows how Wales Gene Park has evolved and adapted to make the very most in Wales of the opportunities presented by genomics. A major part of what the Wales Gene Park does is to make genomic technologies available to biomedical… Read more »
Launch of ‘Rare Reality of COVID-19’ Report & Patient Experience Survey
Launch of the ‘Rare Reality of COVID-19’ report: Today Genetic Alliance UK has launched its report on the Rare Reality of COVID-19 for patients and families affected by rare and genetic conditions. The report presents findings from the EURORDIS Rare Barometer COVID-19 Experience Survey, and from Genetic Alliance UK’s weekly community meetings during the months… Read more »
