The UK Government has announced the first successful diagnoses to result from the 100,000 Genomes Project, which aims to sequence 100,000 whole genomes from around 75,000 participants by 2017.
To reflect the MRC and cross-funder commitment to maximising the use of biosamples, and a shift in public attitudes towards this kind of research; the Human Tissue and Biological Samples for use in Research part of the MRC Ethics Series guidance has been updated.
