Dr James Moore was a Volunteer Writer at BioNews. James is currently working as a technical writer at at Genedata in Basel, Switzerland. He has completed studying for a PhD at the University of Zurich, where his research focused on how protein translation errors impact health and ageing. Previously, he obtained an MSci in Genetics at University College London, where he was interested in medical genetics and evolutionary processes. James is passionate about communicating science with non-scientists, and enjoys travelling and sports.
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An approach which significantly improves the ability to modify mitochondrial DNA in living cells has been developed by scientists in South Korea...
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