Global cancer genome study reveals genetic secrets
The largest-ever study of cancer genomes, the Pan-Cancer Project, has published a collection of 23 papers as the result of a ten-year collaboration...
Dr Isobel Steer is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, and is also a researcher at Imperial College London on medical diagnostic devices. She also obtained her PhD at Imperial developing a device to study protein-DNA interactions. She previously studied Biological Sciences at the University of Oxford, where she wrote for and edited magazines including Bang! and Phenotype. She tweets as @isosteer.
The largest-ever study of cancer genomes, the Pan-Cancer Project, has published a collection of 23 papers as the result of a ten-year collaboration...
This BBC Radio 4 programme 'The Stem Cell Hard Sell', hosted by Lesley Curwen, aired on 7 January...
When we think of designer babies, we may think of genome-edited babies with their DNA cut and spliced, perhaps using CRISPR...
A gene called CCR5 has been shown to affect people's ability to recover after stroke. It is the same gene at the heart of the recent controversial case of genome edited babies in China...
Twenty-four genes strongly associated with monogamy in males have been discovered from analysing the genomes of ten animal species...
A test has been developed that can detect at least eight different types of cancer, by characterising the size of tumour DNA fragments in the blood...
Researchers have identified a DNA methylation signature that can identify aggressive prostate cancer, with up to 92 percent accuracy...
A new IVF drug has been shown to help boost birth rates following IVF treatment, by helping embryos implant in the womb...
France's national consultative committee on bioethics has said that single women and gay women should be able to access IVF and other assisted reproductive technologies...
UK scientists have discovered a protein biomarker of early-stage ovarian cancer, which they hope will be detectable in a urine test...
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