Christina Burke is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, having originally joined the publication under the auspices of its writing scheme. She is currently studying for a PhD at the Institute of Child Health (based at University College London and at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children). There, her research focuses on new therapies for the treatment of childhood cancers. She originally studied Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge, and went on to obtain an MSc in Drug Discovery and Development at UCL's School of Pharmacy. She has also completed placements in HIV research and at the biotechnology company Immunocore, and she has worked at the World Health Organisation's Antimicrobial Resistance Secretariat.
The proportion of multiple births following IVF has fallen dramatically to six percent, according to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority...
Surgeons have successfully transplanted a pig heart into a human recipient for the first time, enabled by genome editing...
Researchers have developed several new CRISPR techniques to modify the genomes of bacterial populations on a large scale...
Human stem cells from the placentas of healthy newborns may reduce brain injury in growth-restricted babies, new research in piglets shows...
Outcomes for child cancer patients could be dramatically improved by sequencing their genomes, a study has shown...
A gene variant previously linked to higher Alzheimer's risk may in fact improve short-term memory, researchers have found...
A new model of the human embryo made from stem cells has been developed by researchers in the USA...
Health regulators in five countries are investigating non-invasive prenatal test NIFTY, over data protection concerns....
A gene associated with inflammation could serve as a future drug target for endometriosis...
Hundreds of genetic variations may influence the age at which menopause starts, researchers have discovered...
