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Accelerating rice improvement in South Asia

Blog - Rice is a crucial staple food for about half a billion people in Asia, but it suffers from diseases that reduce yields, destroy harvests and put food security and livelihoods at risk. But there is hope – by tracking DNA markers of natural genetic variants through generations of crosses, breeders can identify better combinations that enrich crop vitality and resilience leading to more reliable and sustainable rice production.

30 July 2018
Science for a safer world

Blog - From our origins testing tobacco, alcohol and food products for adulteration in the 19thcentury, LGC has built a commitment to using science for a safer world.

12 February 2018
Revolutionising cancer treatment one Array at a time

Blog - Pharmacogenetics, or the study of how people respond differently to medicines due to their genetics, is making a splash lately thanks to companies like Minneapolis, MN-based OneOme, which co-developed its RightMed test with Mayo Clinic

11 July 2018
How genotyping is aiding in the fight against malaria

Blog - Recently, molecular biologists from LGC enabled a cutting edge study in collaboration with researchers from Brazil and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to look for mutations in a sample of 516 male volunteers that could be used as clinical indicators for malaria-related complications

14 August 2018