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Eleven centres across the UK will soon start recruiting patients to have their DNA collected and decoded as part of the 100,000 Genomes Project. The three-year project has been set up to gather data that will improve the diagnosis and targeted treatment of genetic disease.

NHS England has today named the Genomic Medical Centres (GMCs) that will be leading the project, the majority of which will be looking for for a mixture of cancer- and rare disease-related genomic information. Recruitment will begin on 2 February, 2015 and will include a cross-section of patients from across England, including some suffering with life-threatening and debilitating diseases.

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http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-12/22/uk-genomics-centres