sanger institute

Explore "sanger institute" with insightful episodes like "African genetics and ethics", "19.06.24 - Asthma: mapping the human lung", "o) Professor Gordon Dougan (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute; Co-PI for the Wellcome Trust Cambridge-Centre for Global Health Research, WT-CCGHR)" and "o) Professor Gordon Dougan (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute; Co-PI for the Wellcome Trust Cambridge-Centre for Global Health Research, WT-CCGHR)" from podcasts like ""Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists", "Naked Scientists Special Editions, iTunesU", "Cambridge-Africa Day 2014" and "o) Professor Gordon Dougan (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute; Co-PI for the Wellcome Trust Cambridge-Centre for Global Health Research, WT-CCGHR)"" and more!

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African genetics and ethics

There are very few African studies in genetics. And on the whole, there is a big European bias in the field. In Europe there are resources of hundreds of thousands of individuals' data, like the UK Biobank, and so that's where most research take place. But there's a potential problem: the subtle differences in DNA may start to make a difference the more genetics is used to diagnose and treat diseases. All this is why a number of institutions have collaborated to survey thousands of people's genomes in rural Uganda. In this episode we cover the results of Africa's biggest ever genetics study;... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists

enDecember 14, 2019

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ugandan genome resource

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deepti gurdasani

sanger whistleblower

19.06.24 - Asthma: mapping the human lung

The chest disease asthma is becoming more common. It can lead to life-threatening breathing difficulties when the airways constrict and the lung tissue overproduces mucus; this is usually an allergic reaction that can be worsened by air pollution. But our understanding of what's going on in an asthmatic lung is still quite limited. But now for the first time, scientists at the Sanger Institute near Cambridge have used a new technique to document and examine every cell in lung samples from both healthy and asthmatic patients, to discover what's changing when a person develops asthma. Chris Smith spoke to researcher Felipe Vieira Braga.

Naked Scientists Special Editions, iTunesU

enJune 23, 2019