负担得起的快速基因组测序的问世将在个人和种群上产生大量的遗传数据，而科学家面临的挑战是释放这种“大数据”的潜力。这样做需要新一代的科学家，他们可以将遗传学和生物信息学相结合，以了解基因组变化如何导致诸如癌症的疾病，从而通过药物和基因疗法以及预防策略来开发新的疗法。随着被测序的单个基因组数量的巨大增长，随着我们拥抱个性化医学的时代，这是生物医学科学发展最快的领域之一。这个为期12个月的全日制课程（有兼职名额）针对希望在医学生物技术/制药和基因组学领域就业的人（英国/欧盟，国际）希望发展人类遗传学和基因组分析
Our MSc (Hons) Medical Genetics and Genomics prepares you for these exciting futures.<br>Through a mix of academic and practical learning, you’ll develop vital skills for the workplace. These include lab techniques, data handling, computing, report writing, oral presentations, and teamwork. Your communication, organisation, and research abilities will be prized by employers.<br>Out in the world of work, you’ll join a new generation of bioscientists. You’ll have a detailed knowledge of genetics and bioinformatics. You’ll also grasp how genomic changes cause diseases such as cancer. Crucially, this will enable you to develop new treatments through drugs, gene therapy, and prevention strategies.<br>By the end of the course, you’ll find a new respect for the power and importance of information and how it links to our understanding of medicine and diseases.<br><br>