The first draft of the human genome – our genetic blueprint – was published on 26 June, 2000. It had taken 10 years to ...

Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and partners have carried out a comprehensive analysis of cancer cells, identifying 370 ‘priority’ targets that could be used to develop new drug ...

Single-cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) has spent the past decade maturing into a foundational technology. Over that time, the ...

A complex study of unprecedented scale using pioneering techniques has been described as a significant step forward in the effort to find new ways to prevent Alzheimer’s disease. Wellcome Sanger ...

New research has found a novel target with therapeutic potential for metastatic eye melanoma—an aggressive eye cancer—with implications for a range of other cancers.

The human genetic code will be built from scratch by British scientists in a controversial new research project. The £10 million scheme to synthesise DNA is being funded by the Wellcome Trust and ...

Dr Jonathan R Goodman is a research associate at Cambridge Public Health and a social scientist at the Wellcome Sanger Institute.

Margaret Sanger, "Margaret Sanger: An Autobiography," 1999. Subscribe to stay connected to Tucson. A subscription helps you access more of the local stories that keep you connected to the community.

Professor Matthew Hurles of the Wellcome Sanger Institute said the work could revolutionize treatment by revealing why certain cells cause disease and how to fix them.

A fragile ceasefire is in place between Israel and Iran following days of missile exchanges between the two countries and a targeted attack by the United States on three Iranian nuclear facilities ...