DNA testing company vanishes, as does customers' data
Customers have found themselves unable to access reports on their DNA, and refunds, after a genetic testing firm ceased trading...
Former BioNews Science Editor
Hannah Flynn is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, and was previously the Science Editor at BioNews and at the charity that publishes it, the Progress Educational Trust (PET). She also works for Medical News Today as a fact checker, and for the NHS campaign Keep Our NHS Public. She has worked as a reporter for Chemist+Druggist and the Nursing Standard, covering policy and clinical news. Bylines include various trade publications as well as Vice, Ars Technica, TES and the Guardian. She has also worked with charities and non-profit organisations including the Royal National Institute of Blind People, the Children's Society, the Institute of Physics and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations. She originally studied Biology at the University of Manchester, and went on to study journalism at Cardiff University.
by Hannah Flynn
Customers have found themselves unable to access reports on their DNA, and refunds, after a genetic testing firm ceased trading...
by Hannah Flynn
The number of babies being born to individual women in England and Wales is at its lowest level since 1938, figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed...
by Hannah Flynn
Researchers have successfully treated a hole in the macula of a macaque monkey, using a sheet of cells derived from human embryonic stem cells...
by Hannah Flynn
Only five percent of eligible NHS brain cancer patients were able to access whole genome sequencing in 2023, an investigation of the NHS in England has revealed...
by Hannah Flynn
Donald Trump has announced that Republicans will ensure IVF for 'all Americans that need it', either through public funding or insurance mandates...
by Hannah Flynn
The average age that women start fertility treatment has risen as the total number of fertility cycles funded by the NHS has fallen...
by Hannah Flynn
Being related to people with endocrine disorders, including type 2 diabetes, is associated with higher risk of miscarriage...
by Hannah Flynn
Over one million IVF cycles were carried out in Europe in 2021, according to data collected from over 37 countries by the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology...
by Hannah Flynn
No benefit was found for earlier flushing of the fallopian tubes with oil-based contrast, in a study of women with unexplained infertility and good prognosis...
by Hannah Flynn
Lower education level, income, employment and socioeconomic status are all associated with lower live birth rates following IVF...
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