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100,000 newborn babies to have their DNA decoded in hunt for rare diseases | Science & Tech News
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Thousands of babies born with rare genetic diseases each year could get faster access to treatment after a £175m boost to “cutting edge genomic research” was announced. Genomics England will sequence the genomes of 100,000 newborns – which involves the study of people’s DNA – for rare conditions, after the government provided £105m in funding…
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Jeremy Hunt plans for UK to become a ‘science superpower’ – is this possible? | Science & Tech News
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The UK’s science and technology sector survived a much feared spending cut in this week’s budget – but those in the field say the government will need to do more to realise the UK’s potential as a “science superpower.” The expectation was that this was going to be a budget of cuts, with the government’s…
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Fibre broadband player Gigaclear digs deep in hunt for new funding | Business News
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Gigaclear, the fibre broadband network provider, is plotting to raise hundreds of millions of pounds of further funding amid an industry-wide race to modernise Britain’s communications infrastructure. Sky News has learnt that Gigaclear is working with bankers at Rothschild to raise between £200m and £300m of additional capital for its rollout. The capital-raise, which could…