000 Genomes Project

Pensioner to have genetic code mapped to help find cure for generative rare disease

26 March 2018 A pensioner from Wellington is having his genetic code mapped to help launch a scientific revolution in the fight against a rare disease that limits your ability to walk. Michael Bradley has suspected Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP) and on Friday 23 March he became The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust’s (SaTH) 100th patient to take part [...]

Pensioner to have genetic code mapped to help find cure for generative rare diseaseClaire Dunn2018-03-26T10:16:24+01:00

SaTH part of pioneering project to develop next generation of targeted therapies

19 July 2017 The Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is taking part in NHS England’s pioneering 100,000 Genomes Project. Helen Moore, Clinical Trials Manager at SaTH, takes bloods as part of the 100,000 Genomes Project. The government-funded programme will sequence 100,000 genomes - all the information in our DNA – to help improve treatment of rare [...]

SaTH part of pioneering project to develop next generation of targeted therapiesClaire Dunn2017-07-19T10:03:55+01:00

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