Dr Emma Laycock was a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, having originally joined the publication under the auspices of its writing scheme. She is a Policy Officer at the Academy of Medical Sciences and previously studied for a PhD in Stem Cell Biology at University College London, Cancer Institute modelling how childhood leukaemia develops in utero. Prior to this, she worked as a Journal Development Editor at BioMed Central, responsible for a cluster of biotechnology journals. She originally studied Biomedical Science at the University of Warwick, and her degree included an intercalated year at the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control and a summer placement at the National University of Ireland in Galway, studying whooping cough and water contaminants respectively. She tweets as @EmmaVLaycock.
The first male same-sex couple to receive IVF on the NHS has announced they are expecting a baby son via surrogate this summer...
A new study suggests that rare harmful mutations in young healthy donors' stems cells can be passed on to recipients of stem cell transplants, potentially leading to health problems...
The US National Council on Disability (NCD) has published a new report calling for greater oversight of genetic testing, particularly prenatal testing...
Scientists have developed a blood test that may be able to detect ovarian cancer up to two years earlier than other methods...
Scientists have discovered a set of biomarkers in the blood that could indicate ovarian cancer, which could be used to help diagnose the disease...
'Science marches on' was the third session of the Progress Educational Trust (PET)'s Annual Conference 'Make Do or Amend: Should We Update UK Fertility and Embryo Law?'. The session focused on the key scientific developments within embryo research asking:
Scientists in Israel have linked prolonged stress during outbreaks of Israeli-Palestinian conflict with lowered sperm quality in Israeli men...
Taking painkillers during pregnancy could affect the future fertility of the fetus, suggests research on human tissue and in mice...
Scientists in Japan have cultured human trophoblast stem cells, which form the placenta, for the first time...
An efficient method to collect amniotic fluid rich in stem cells during caesarean sections has been developed by scientists in Sweden...
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