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Crown Hosting Wins £1.3M Genomics England Data Contract

The contract award did not specify the nature of the 32-month contract with UK public-sector data host Crown Hosting Data Centres.

Genomics England Preps for NHS Genomic Medicines Service Launch With New Focus, Tools
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The service will offer whole-genome sequencing to English patients with rare diseases and cancer as part of routine care.

Illumina Wins UK Patent Infringement Suit Against BGI, Affiliates

Illumina said it plans to pursue a permanent injunction against BGI in the UK until the four patents expire — three in 2023 and one in 2027.

UK to Offer COVID-19 Testing for All Liverpool Residents, Workers in Pilot Program

Residents and workers in the city will be tested with PCR, new lateral flow, and LAMP tests as the country faces a wave of new coronaviruses cases and a lockdown.

University of Manchester, Sano Genetics to Research Eye Diseases

The partners plan to build a database of genomic and patient-reported data to identify how genetics can impact disease outcome.

Sep 28, 2020

UK Government Unveils New Genomic Healthcare Strategy

Sep 10, 2020

UK Government Unveils Plan to Run 500K COVID-19 Tests Per Day

May 12, 2020

Illumina, UK Agencies Partner on £28M Sequencing Study of COVID-19 Patients

Mar 27, 2020

UK Government Invests $28M in FIND to Support SARS-CoV-2 Test Development

Mar 23, 2020

UK COVID-19 Sequencing Consortium Launches With £20M in Government, Wellcome Trust Funding

Jan 2, 2020

Illumina, Pacific Biosciences Abandon $1.2B Acquisition Deal

Nov 14, 2019

Linear Diagnostics Lands £2M Investment

Oct 25, 2019

Illumina Reserved in Comments on PacBio Deal, Forthcoming on Qiagen Deal and New Products
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Oct 24, 2019

UK Regulators Propose Blocking $1.2B Illumina, PacBio Deal

Sep 11, 2019

UK Biobank Whole-Genome Sequencing Project Obtains £200M from Pharma, Government, Philanthropy

Jun 18, 2019

UK Request Pushes Illumina's Timeline for Completion of PacBio Acquisition to Q4

Apr 17, 2019

UK Government Investigating Illumina's Proposed Acquisition of Pacific Biosciences

Mar 25, 2019

UK Biobank to Make Whole-Genome Sequencing Data on 500K-Sample Repository Publicly Available
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Mar 14, 2019

EMBL European Bioinformatics Institute Awarded £45M from UK Government

Dec 6, 2017

UK Government Commits £210M to Grow Life Science Sector

Sep 1, 2017

Independent Report Urges UK Support for Genomics, Other Life Sciences

Aug 17, 2017

As Brexit Negotiations Unfold, UK Researchers and Institutions Remain Worried About Coming Changes
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Nov 4, 2016

UK Approves Use of NIPT as Part of National Screening Program

Jul 19, 2016

In Brexit Britain, Genomics Community Anxious About Future EU Funding, Collaboration, Innovation
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Jun 11, 2015

UK's NIHR Grants £1.5M to Develop Infectious Disease and Resistance POC Testing

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The Scan

And Back

The New York Times reports that missing SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences are back in a different database.

Lacks Family Hires Attorney

A lawyer for the family of Henrietta Lacks plans to seek compensation from pharmaceutical companies that have used her cancer cells in product development, the Baltimore Sun reports.

For the Unknown

The Associated Press reports that family members are calling on the US military to use new DNA analysis techniques to identify unknown sailors and Marines who were on the USS Arizona.

PLOS Papers on Congenital Heart Disease, COVID-19 Infection Host MicroRNAs, Multiple Malformation Mutations

In PLOS this week: new genes linked to congenital heart disease, microRNAs with altered expression in COVID-19, and more.