Irish Government to appeal landmark surrogacy ruling
The Irish Government is to appeal a recent court ruling that allowed the genetic mother of twins born to a surrogate to be listed as their legal mother on their birth certificates...
Dr Jamie Heather
Dr Jamie Heather is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, having originally joined the publication under the auspices of its writing scheme. He is currently a Research Fellow in the Cancer Center at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, still studying T cells and their applications in cancer and beyond. He tweets as @jamimmunology .
BioNews Articles by Dr Jamie Heather
Image by Sílvia Ferreira, Cristina Lopo and Eileen Gentleman via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a single human stem cell embedded within a porous hydrogel matrix (false colour).
Stroke patients improve after stem cell treatment
Five stroke patients in a stem cell therapy trial have shown improvements in their symptoms, according to interim results...
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Shoes not solely to blame for bunions
Uncomfortable shoes might not be only to blame for bunions, as the foot condition could have a genetic link, according to a study...
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Lung cancer gene test approved as 'companion diagnostic'
The US medicines regulator, the Food and Drug Administration, has approved a genetic test to help doctors select suitable lung cancer patients to be treated with the drug erlotinib...
