This review advances the discussion about the future of laboratory medicine in the 2020s. In
five major topic areas: 1. the “big picture” of healthcare; 2. pre-analytical factors; 3. Analytical …

Nutrigenomics is a study of how the genes and diet of a person interact. An individual's diet
regime can drive gene regulation and its downstream ultimatum towards health illness …

Assesses a promising new approach to restoring the health of our bodies and our planet
Most of us are familiar with probiotics added to milk or yogurt to improve gastrointestinal …

What does it mean to personalise cancer medicine? Personalised cancer medicine explores
this question by foregrounding the experiences of patients, carers and practitioners in the …

Transitions are hardly conceivable without understanding how new markets are formed.
However, there is still an incipient conceptualization of market formation in the context of …

Direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetics services are increasingly popular, with tens of millions of
customers. Several DTC genealogy services allow users to upload genetic data to search for …

Family history is undertaken by millions around the world seeking to understand their past.
This practice is understudied, and we need to work hard to understand how it works. Over …

In the UK, genomic health data is being generated in three major contexts: the healthcare
system (based on clinical indication), in large scale research programmes, and for …

Trust relations in the health services have changed from asymmetrical paternalism to
symmetrical autonomy-based participation, according to a common account. The promises …

Background While genomic data sharing can facilitate important health research and
discovery benefits, these must be balanced against potential privacy risks and harms to …