Genomics involves the study of the entirety of our genes– called the genome, coded for in DNA. ... We aim to bring together nurses and educators interested in mainstreaming genomics in the areas of ...

The study will investigate the hypotheses that mainstreaming genomics in healthcare should be understood as a social as well as a technological process, and that professional subcultures across ...

The term ‘mainstreaming’ was first used in 2003 by the Secretary of State for Health in the context of the genetics white paper Our Inheritance, Our Future when he argued that genomics must move from ...

We aim to bring together nurses and educators interested in mainstreaming genomics in the areas of education, practice, policy, research and leadership. “As the largest patient-facing workforce, ...

A new study will be examining the implications of when and how NHS healthcare professionals re-contact patients with new genetic information that may impact their health or that of their family.

These are only some of the myriad complex sociological factors involved in “mainstreaming genomics” in healthcare, but which don’t seem to have been addressed.

Australia’s leading genomics experts will look at localising a UK blueprint for genetic testing to improve the country’s dire access issues which have resulted from a “piecemeal” funding ...