Genetic risk considered in diagnosis of prostate cancer
Polygenic risk scores could help GPs to decide which patients to refer for prostate biopsies...
Legal Editor/Projects Officer
Jen Willows is the Legal Editor at BioNews and Projects Officer at the charity that publishes it, the Progress Educational Trust (PET). Together with her fellow BioNews editors Dr Joanne Delange and Hannah Flynn, she runs the BioNews writing scheme, which provides practical science writing training and experience for PhD students.
Jen originally studied Biology and Microbiology at Imperial College London, and went on to obtain an LLB in Law from Birkbeck University of London and an MA in Medical Ethics and Law from King's College London. She then started working at PET as a Volunteer, and never left. She loves tea and dogs, and she tweets as @jenwillows
by Jen Willows
Polygenic risk scores could help GPs to decide which patients to refer for prostate biopsies...
by Jen Willows
The largest study of its kind has found no difference in pregnancy rates between intrauterine insemination cycles using fresh or frozen sperm...
by Jen Willows
Pregnancies resulting from frozen embryo transfers are at greater risk of complications related to high blood pressure, according to new research...
by Jen Willows
Pregnant women with the eating disorder anorexia nervosa are at much higher risk of premature birth, delivering underweight babies and other complications...
by Jen Willows
Women who have children after having breast cancer are not risking their survival, a new study has shown...
by Jen Willows
A large-scale study comparing two protocols for stimulating the ovaries in IVF has found that one has a lower risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, a potentially serious complication of IVF treatment...
by Jen Willows
A sperm donor who did not explain his genetic condition to the women he helped get pregnant has been named in court, to warn other women looking for donors...
by Jen Willows
Colorado has passed a bill that will give donor-conceived people the right to access information about their donors...
by Jen Willows
A married couple from Malta who were not allowed to continue IVF have been awarded €8000 in damages by the European Court of Human Rights...
by Jen Willows
Klara and the Sun is a warm, readable novel with a small cast of well-developed characters. Ultimately it is a story about family, love, friendship and being human...
BioNews, published by the Progress Educational Trust (PET), provides news and comment on genetics, assisted conception, embryo/stem cell research and related areas.