What is genomics and how can healthcare workers use it?

Update: 2022-10-06

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Genomics is the future of healthcare which we’re told will revolutionise how patients are treated – but what is it, exactly? And how can healthcare professionals use it day to day?

Dr Matt Hall, a Consultant Nephrologist at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, is the medical lead for the Genomics Medicines Service Alliance (GMSA), which means he’s leading how genetic medicine is becoming embedded in everyday practice, and he’s our next interviewee.

So now’s your chance to find out in the next episode the Clinical Research podcast.

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