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PETAbout UsPeopleJennifer Frosch

Jennifer Frosch

Dr Jennifer Frosch is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, having originally joined the publication under the auspices of its writing scheme. She completed her PhD in Paediatric Cancer Research at the UCL Institute of Child Health, where her work contributed to improving the immunotherapy of childhood cancer. Previously she studied Biomedicine at the University of Würzburg, and went on to obtain an MSc in Regenerative Biology and Medicine from the University of Dresden. She tweets as @JenVFrosch.

BioNews Articles by Jennifer Frosch

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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25 June 2021 • 2 minutes read

No increased breast cancer risk from fertility drugs

by Jennifer Frosch

Fertility drugs do not increase the risk of developing breast cancer, a UK study has shown...

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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19 March 2021 • 2 minutes read

Scottish Government report proposes funding more IVF

by Jennifer Frosch

Ministers should consider increasing the number of IVF cycles provided by the NHS, according to a report commissioned by the Scottish Government...

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4 February 2021 • 2 minutes read

Mitochondrial defects may lead to autism

by Jennifer Frosch

Autism spectrum disorder may result from mild defects in the mitochondria of brain cells, early research in mice has shown...

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13 November 2020 • 1 minute read

Organoids mimic the early development of the heart in mouse embryos

by Jennifer Frosch

Organoids can be used to study early stages of heart development in mouse embryos, scientists say...

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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9 October 2020 • 2 minutes read

Mitochondrial DNA may predict male fertility

by Jennifer Frosch

A single-measure biomarker in sperm could replace traditional measures of male fertility, study shows...

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.
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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 sequencing output from an automated DNA sequencing machine.
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4 September 2020 • 2 minutes read

New report gives guidance on genome editing for heritable diseases

by Jennifer Frosch

Genome editing is not yet safe for creating germline changes in humans, an international commission has concluded...

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17 July 2020 • 2 minutes read

Coronavirus transmitted to newborn through mother's placenta

by Jennifer Frosch

Pregnant women infected with COVID-19 may pass on the disease-causing virus to their baby through the placenta, researchers in France suggest...

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.
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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 sequencing output from an automated DNA sequencing machine.
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26 June 2020 • 2 minutes read

Genome editing in human embryos has unintended side-effects

by Jennifer Frosch

CRISPR genome editing may result in unwanted heritable genetic changes, which could lead to long-term risks in a clinical context...

Image by K Hardy via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human embryo at the blastocyst stage (about six days after fertilisation) 'hatching' out of the zona pellucida.
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Image by K Hardy via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human embryo at the blastocyst stage (about six days after fertilisation) 'hatching' out of the zona pellucida.
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12 June 2020 • 3 minutes read

Human stem cells used to mimic early embryo development

by Jennifer Frosch

Using human stem cells, scientists from the University of Cambridge have developed a model for early embryo development...

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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7 May 2020 • 2 minutes read

Promising fertility treatment success rate for second baby

by Jennifer Frosch

Women who used fertility treatment to conceive their first child have a good chance of having a second child the same way, according to a new study...

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