MRC Human Genetics Unit

We combine the latest computational and experimental technologies to investigate how our genomes work to control the function of molecules, cells and tissues in people and populations. For more than half a century our research has been dedicated to understanding human genetic disease. Today we continue to apply our clinical and scientific expertise, harnessing the power of complex data, to improve health, and the lives of patients and their families.

Our DNA...Our Lives

Responding to COVID-19

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For starting your PhD or MScR at IGMM please see: Teaching and Research Info 2020.

• CBE for Prof Wendy Bickmore in Queen's New Year Honours
• Accurate and cost-effective COVID-19 PCR test developed
• Genes could be key to new Covid-19 treatments, study finds

Distinguished scientists from around the world working in areas of genetics, molecular medicine and cancer relevant to IGMM research.