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Before and After
NHLI postgraduate life - Before and After
No two university journeys are the same.
Stories tagged with 'Genomics'
News in brief
Gene targets for obesity and wildfire research: News from the College
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
DNA markers
Scientists untangle links between our genes and intake of alcohol and of salt
Scientists have shed light on the complicated relationship between the makeup of our DNA and how much alcohol we drink.
Cell sensing
Scientists fine-tune signalling pathways to tweak responses to stimuli in yeast
Imperial academics have streamlined a signalling pathway in yeast to understand how cell sensing can be tuned by changing protein levels.
Designer babies
Utopia or dystopia: Researchers debate the future of gene editing embryos
Scientists discussed the ethics of CRISPR-Cas9 as part of a partnership event for Imperial students with The Times.
Audio
Glad tidings
Podcast: Shopping habits, chocolate fountain maths and genomic medicine
In this edition: How we shop now and in the future, the fluid dynamics of chocolate and how sequencing thousands of genomes is improving medicine.
Video
Future of Surgery
A new wave of technology is set to transform surgery for millions of patients
An independent commission has predicted that surgery is about to be transformed for millions of patients by a new wave of technologies.
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Play with your food
Could personalised 'food passports’ help to boost health and tackle obesity?
Combining AI technology, personal data and culinary know-how could help to keep the
population healthier for longer.
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Processing Insulin
How a gene linked to obesity could provide new insights into diabetes
A gene previously linked with obesity has been found to affect how the body processes insulin, with potential implications for some forms of diabetes.
Getting to know DCM
Largest ever study of fatal heart condition which affects 260,000 people in UK
The largest ever study of the heart condition dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is underway.
