One of our customers is The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, the organization responsible for the sequencing of one-third of the human genome. Wellcome Trust made international headlines in June with the announcement of the discovery of specific genes for seven common ailments.

Here is an excerpt from a detailed article in the UK’s Telegraph:

“The largest ever study of its kind has found 10 new genes linked to seven of the most common ailments: heart disease, rheumatoid arthritis, high blood pressure, type 1 and type 2 diabetes, bipolar disorder and Crohn’s disease.

Some 200 British scientists from 50 research groups collaborated to discover the genes after screening DNA from 17,000 people.

‘By identifying the genes underlying these conditions, our study should enable scientists to understand better how disease occurs, which people are most at risk and, in time, to produce more effective, more personalised treatments.’said Professor Peter Donnelly from Oxford University, chairman of the Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium.”

Our small part in all this is that Wellcome Trust uses both everRun HA and everRun FT to keep researchers continuously connected to their Exchange servers and certain reporting systems. They will also be using everRun to ensure their new ERP system is always available. You can read more about how Wellcome Trust uses everRun here.