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From our involvement in the Human Genome Project, to our efforts to understand the genetic basis of disease, we have been involved in some of the most important discoveries of the 20th and 21st Centuries.

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Sanger Institute Scientist Awarded Cancer Research Prize

Sanger Institute Scientist Awarded Cancer Research Prize18.03.10: Professor Mike Stratton has been presented with the Lila Gruber Cancer Research Award

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Professor Leena Peltonen-Palotie: 1952-2010

Professor Leena Peltonen-Palotie: 1952-201011.03.10: Professor Leena Peltonen-Palotie, Head of Human Genetics at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, died today at her home in Finland

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Exploring genetic effects in cells

Exploring genetic effects in cells10.03.10: A deep look into population variation in gene activity provides key insight to cell functions and disease susceptibility

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Sorting the drivers from the passengers in the cancer genome

Sorting the drivers from the passengers in the cancer genome17.02.10: A new study shows how researchers can begin to distinguish those mutations that push cells towards cancer

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Gentlemen or farmers?

Gentlemen or farmers?26.01.10: Most modern European males descend from farmers who migrated from the Near East

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Tracking MRSA evolution and transmission

Tracking MRSA evolution and transmission21.01.10: For the first time, researchers have shown how transmission of MRSA from one person to another can be precisely tracked in a hospital setting

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