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The 100,000 Genomes Project

The investigation of genomes — genomics — is proving to be a game changer in our understanding of genetic disease. Medical researcher Daniel White explains how genomics is leading to improved diagnosis, which should allow the provision of better, and ultimately personalised, treatment

Our genomes contain all the genes needed to build and maintain our bodies. Each gene contains information for our cells, to make a protein, a peptide or RNA. In turn, each of these molecules usually has a job, or set of jobs, to do within our cells.

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