Catherine Turnbull is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, having originally joined the publication under the auspices of its writing scheme. She is currently studying for her PhD in the MRC Prion Unit at University College London. Her project focuses on the role of tau within Alzheimer's disease. She previously gained her MRes in Neuroscience from University of St Andrews and studied for her BSc in Biochemistry at the University of Bath.
An uncommon genetic variant delays the age of onset for carriers at risk from developing early-onset Alzheimer's disease...
Genomics will be integrated 'into every aspect of infectious disease control', according to a five-year strategy unveiled by the UK Health Security Agency...
The UK's 14-day legal limit on human embryo research should be the subject of public discussion, researchers have said...
The rising cost of living and lack of affordable treatments are pricing fertility patients out of becoming parents, a national charity has said...
Humanised kidneys have been grown from human stem cells, transplanted into pig embryos, for the first time...
A novel CRISPR-based gene therapy has been shown to reduce the level of antibiotic resistant E. coli within the gastrointestinal tract...
A new 'gene silencing' drug lowers levels of a harmful protein found in Alzheimer's disease, during the first treatment trial of its kind...
Sertoli cells, which are crucial to sperm formation, have been recreated in the lab using pluripotent stem cells, to help study the earliest stages of sex determination...
Women fear they may lose their jobs if their employers learned of their IVF treatment...
A gene which is expressed more in women than men could offer a clue as to why women are at greater risk of developing Alzheimer's disease...
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