Genetic test indicates best hormone treatment for IVF
A genetic oral swab test to determine which hormone treatment is best for egg maturation before IVF has been developed...
Achira Karunaratna
Achira Karunaratna is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, having originally joined the publication under the auspices of its writing scheme. He is currently a PhD student at the University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health working on understanding mechanisms of neural tube closure and congenital defects that affect the developing nervous system. He is specifically studying the role of neural crest migration in neural tube closure and potential mechanisms that cause sex differences in severe brain malformations. Achira has been awarded a MPhil in developmental biology from the University of Cambridge and a BSc in molecular biology from Royal Holloway, University of London where he became fascinated with how normal processes in embryonic development when abnormal result in disease both in adults and children.
BioNews Articles by Achira Karunaratna
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Human brain development triggered by two key signals
Molecular signals that give identity to cells in the early developing brain have been identified...