Author Archives: Jnetics

Familial Hypercholesterolaemia: A Jewish Founder Mutation and the Future of Gene Editing

High cholesterol is one of the most common health conditions in the UK. For many...

What I Learned at Genomics England’s Research Summit

Written by Matthew Woolf, Education & Outreach Executive The NHS wants genomics to inform half...

NHS Jewish BRCA Testing Programme to Become Permanent

We are delighted to hear that BRCA testing for people with Jewish ancestry will become...

Remembering Professor Patricia Jacobs

Professor Patricia Jacobs, known to many as Pat, was a scientist of rare distinction and...

Cheesecake Without the Consequences: Coeliac Disease and Shavuot

Whilst we count down the days of the Omer to Shavuot, this countdown is also...

Happy 100th Birthday, Sir David Attenborough

It’s hard to overstate what Sir David Attenborough has meant, not just to British society,...

Turning the Tide on Prostate Cancer Treatment

When Giles Turner received his cancer diagnosis, he expected a tough fight to ensue. But...

Miracles Start with Taking the First Step

I was recently reminded of a midrash about the splitting of the Red Sea as...

Joseph Sonnabend: Physician, Researcher, Advocate

Joseph Sonnabend treated AIDS patients when stigma was at its peak — advocating for safer...

Betty Berzon: Psychologist, Activist, Pioneer

Betty Berzon transformed psychology from within, helping remove homosexuality from the DSM, building networks of...