News


17/06/2008
LONDON GENETICS LAUNCHES MOLECULAR CYTOGENETICS SERVICE AT INTERNATIONAL BIOTECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE BIO2008

22/05/2008
LONDON GENETICS WILL BE PRESENTING AT THE EPIC BIOTECH CONFERENCE ON THE 22nd May 2008

Events


07/10/2008
EUROBIO
The Life Sciences Event of the European Union Paris

11/11/2008
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HUMAN GENETICS
58th Annual Meeting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Healthcare Research in London

London is a thriving centre of research in molecular and clinical genetics and genomics. The city has a first-class track record in gene discovery, the development of novel technologies, therapies and diagnostic tools.

  • London contains four of the UK’s top six universities ranked by total research income
  • London universities attract around 25% of all UK research funding for science and technology (c. £600 million a year)
  • The city’s 98 hospitals (75 NHS Trusts) attract nearly £300 million (70%) of annual NHS R&D spend
  • 60% of all European clinical trials are performed in London
  • London provides an ethnically diverse gene pool for clinical studies
    • Largest city in western Europe with a population of 7.2 million people
    • Over 50 non-indigenous communities, each with populations greater than 10,000
(Source: BioLondon.org.uk)