News 2020

An archive of Institute News from 2020

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Cancer study shows how chemicals cause complex cell mutations

24 June, 20202020

Fresh insights into why some harmful substances are so efficient at causing cancer could aid the…

Patients, scientists and advocates celebrate £3.2m funding for largest ever ME/CFS DNA study

23 June, 20202020

Professor Chris Ponting co-leads the project on behalf of the MRC Human Genetics Unit. DecodeME,…

IGMM statement in support of Black Lives Matter

16 June, 20202020

The IGMM Executive have issued this statement on behalf of the Institute: June 2020

Home DNA test data wanted to boost coronavirus fight

11 June, 20202020

A research team including scientists from the MRC Human Genetics have launched a new COVID-19 study…

COVID-19 classifiers identified through Ultra-high-throughput clinical proteomics

09 June, 20202020

Research involving CGEM groups led by Prof David Porteous and Dr Riccardo Marioni, describing an…

Scotland's lifeline cancer trials must be restarted urgently

01 June, 20202020

Cancer Research UK’s calls to restart cancer trials backed by Edinburgh scientist who says the…

Wendy Bickmore Gives EHSG Award Lecture

01 June, 20202020

European Society of Human Genetics Award for Wendy Bickmore, MRC Human Genetics Unit Director: June…

Identification of a novel binding site on a SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein

25 May, 20202020

Researchers from the Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre and the International Centre for Cancer…

Study to advance the use of national clinical audit and patient registry data to improve health care

14 May, 20202020

Investigators from the Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre have been selected by the Health Foundation…

Zebrafish model of U8 snoRNA deficiency provides new insights into the pathology of leukoencephalopathy with calcification and cysts (Labrune syndrome)

04 May, 20202020

A new publication in the American Journal of Human Genetics describes a Zebrafish model of the…