Dr Helen Robertson is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, having originally joined the publication under the auspices of its writing scheme. She obtained a PhD in Evolutionary and Developmental Biology from University College London focusing on the evolution of Xenacoelomorpha marine worms. Following her PhD she worked at the Insitut Pasteur, Paris, and the University of Chicago, where she focused on the evolution of gene regulation and cell types. She now works as chair of postgraduate studies at the Natural History Museum. Outside of work she writes and research and science in society and is a keen runner,
Guidance needs to be created for healthcare professionals on the limitations and ethics of using polygenic risk scores, an independent review has recommended...
A recent PET event saw a lively discussion of the UK fertility regulator's new ratings system for 'add-ons' to IVF treatment...
A collection of poems from parents of children with rare genetic conditions...
Gene therapy could provide a one-off, sustained treatment for patients with severe alcohol use disorder, a study in monkeys suggests...
Men have consistently had children later in life than women according to a study mapping conception age over the past 250,000 years of human history...
Egg freezing is by no means the safe fertility insurance policy it is so often promoted as. Dr Helen Robertson reviews the Guardian's Today in Focus podcast on the topic...
Prior to 2020, genetic mutations weren't something that regularly made the news. Now, two-and-a-half years out from the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, new genetic variants continue to hit the headlines, and genomic mutations – in a virus, at least – are something the public are much more aware of...
A couple in the USA is suing their fertility clinic for wrongly transferring a male embryo during IVF treatment...
A new study claims to be able to map the genomes of embryos created by IVF, and suggests the technique could be used for preimplantation genetic testing...
A new preclinical study using human tissue grafted into mice has indicated that high levels of anti-Müllerian hormone may contribute to fertility problems and other symptoms associated with polycystic ovary syndrome...
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