Professor Whiffin is an Associate Professor and Sir Henry Dale Fellow at the Big Data Institute and Centre for Human Genetics at NDM. She is also a Research Fellow at St Anne\u2019s College with the Centre for Personalised Medicine, and a visiting scientist at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.
Researchers from NDM\u2019s Centre for Human Genetics have identified types of genetic variants that lead to a range of rare diseases but are not picked up by standard genetic testing.
Differences between the left and right sides of the nervous system are seen in all animals, including humans. A study by researchers from University College London and NDM\u2019s Division of Structural Biology reveals a new piece in the puzzle of how such asymmetries can arise.
A recent study led by the Centre for Human Genetics at NDM has revealed that areas of the human genome that are routinely overlooked in clinical tests may be the cause of some rare diseases.
With the end of Wellcome Trust funding for the Centre, the unit needed a new name and identity, and after consideration it has been decided that it will change to become the Centre for Human Genetics (with the acronym CHG) and adopt a new logo.
The University of Oxford today announced a partnership with Danaher Corporation to develop a new test to enable precision medicine care for sepsis, a pathological immune response to infection that accounts for one in five deaths globally each year.
A study, done as a part of a joint venture between Mexico\u2019s Cinvestav UGA-Langebio and NDM\u2019s Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, has revealed an enormously rich tapestry of genetics revealing population histories and diverse genetic make-up of the Mexican population.
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