Public health genomics has come of age. Government reports such as Building On Our Inheritance and Innovation, Health and Wealth, together with the growth in genomics and translational research show ...

This PHG Foundation report is based on an international and multidisciplinary expert summit held in the UK in May 2010. Genomic medicine is an international issue; experts called for increased ...

Genomics is providing essential knowledge for developing vaccines and preventing spread of the COVID-19 as well as understanding where it came from and where it could be heading.

In May 2004 the Joint Committee on Medical Genetics commissioned this UK-wide needs assessment and service review for inherited metabolic disease. The work was supported with a grant from the ...

The model The medical context in which it is to be used Issues relating to clinical implementation of the model The report is the product of an international expert symposium examining the issue, and ...

This short explainer, produced as part of our work on the EU-funded B-CAST programme, provides a brief explanation of the difference between risk models and tools, and the relationship between the two ...

This paper proposes an approach to the evaluation of genetic tests that expands on and moves beyond the ACCE framework. It clarifies certain concepts key to the evaluation process, and proposes the ...

The report, published in July 2003, outlines then-current IPR legislation, discusses other relevant issues such as human rights, looks at the balance between industry and the healthcare sector and ...

A workshop was held in London on 9 March 2004 to evaluate the current status of the cancer genomics field, to identify those areas closest to clinical implementation and to consider progress and ...

Beginning in January 2004 , this programme brought together a Steering Group of professionals from a wide sphere with a particular interest in learning disability. The Steering Group included experts ...

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This document was produced by a working party of the Joint Committee on Medical Genetics (JCMG) to provide some practical guidance on the changes in clinical and laboratory practices prompted by the ...