Below are links to two posters displayed at the recent Birdshot day.
The ERG poster shows a novel way of displaying ERG results from clinic appointment to clinic appointment, so at a glance you can tell if the situation has improved or if treatment is not working simply by looking at the direction of the graph.
The 100,000 Genomes poster tells you more about a UK government project. If we wanted we could apply to have Birdshot included in this analysis.
The project will sequence 100,000 genomes from around 70,000 people. Participants are NHS patients with a rare disease, plus their families, and patients with cancer. The aim is to create a new genomic medicine service for the NHS – transforming the way people are cared for. Patients may be offered a diagnosis where there wasn’t one before. In time, there is the potential of new and more effective treatments. Genomics England, a company wholly owned and funded by the Department of Health, was set up to deliver this flagship project which will sequence 100,000 whole genomes from NHS patients by 2017. Its four main aims are; to create an ethical and transparent programme based on consent; to bring benefit to patients and set up a genomic medicine service for the NHS; to enable new scientific discovery and medical insights; and to kick start the development of a UK genomics industry. Do members think that this is something that they would like to be involved in?