With the current pandemic of bird flu – avian influenza – there is a growing concern around diseases spilling over from animals to humans. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the devastating impact such ...

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The European Union introduced the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 2018 and it forms part of current UK law. A long and complex piece of legislation, the GDPR governs the processing of ...

Working with a world-leading insurer such as Aviva allowed us to provide constructive policy advice for real-world issues, as well as supporting the relationship between the University of Cambridge ...

Our work on obesity includes a critical review of the research into the genetics of obesity, the public health benefit and clinical utility of whole genome sequencing for obese patients. In the ...

The PHG Foundation was originally established in 1997 as one of the two international founding centres for public health genomics, recognising the potential value of genomics to improve health not ...

PHG Foundation has been working with the Wellcome Trust to ensure the new Data Protection Regulation balances keeping vital health data available for research, while keeping individual’s data safe. We ...

Every year around five million babies are born with birth defects (also known as congenital disorders), most of them in developing countries. Birth defects are rapidly becoming the leading cause of ...

We were approached by senior experts to lead a national strategic review of how the genomics of microbes was being used in the UK to prevent and manage infectious disease and the policy actions needed ...

PHG Foundation recognised the potential of NIPT to improve antenatal care but also saw the many ethical issues it raised. Back in 2007 – in response to a call from the UK’s Joint Committee on Medical ...