Medical Communications at Aspire Scientific
Dr Jess Buxton is an Adviser to PET (the Progress Educational Trust), and a Volunteer Writer at its flagship publication BioNews. Jess was previously Genetics Editor of BioNews, and together with Professors Kirsty Horsey and Marcus Pembrey, she developed the BioNews writing scheme to provide practical science writing training and experience for PhD students. Jess has a PhD in Human Genetics, awarded for her work on the genetic condition myotonic dystrophy, and carried out postdoctoral research on the genetics of human disease at Imperial College London and University College London. Following her last academic role as a senior lecturer at Kingston University, Jess is now working in medical communications at Aspire Scientific.
The Progress Educational Trust, in partnership with the Scottish Government, brought together a group of experts to cut through the hype and jargon and explain the latest developments in genetics/genomics in the context of assisted conception...
Genomics England's Newborn Genomes Programme is a pilot study exploring the potential benefits, practicalities, and challenges of offering whole genome sequencing (WGS) for all newborn babies...
A new pilot study embedded in the NHS will explore whether and how to offer whole genome sequencing to newborn babies...
The past few years have seen a huge increase in the identification of rare and common genetic variants associated with disease, advances made possible through ever cheaper and faster genome sequencing technologies...
Professor Marcus Pembrey and Dr Jess Buxton reflect on 20 years of BioNews and its unrivalled coverage of scientific, legal and ethical developments in the fields of human genetics and assisted conception...
Being an unashamed enthusiast for genetics and genomics research and its potential to improve human health, I was delighted when an email announcing the unveiling of the Personal Genome Project (PGP) UK pilot study arrived in my inbox...
We are already into the second month of 2018, so if you made New Year's resolutions then the chances are that, like me, you've long ditched them — especially any regarding your health. It seems that changing old habits is hard, even those that we know w
What exactly are SHEEFs and IVGs? How might they shed light on the mysteries of early embryo development, and offer new hope to those affected by infertility? These questions were the focus of the second session at Progress Educational Trust's one-day con
The fifth and final session of the Progress Educational Trust's annual conference 'Rethinking the Ethics of Embryo Research: Genome Editing, 14 Days and Beyond' covered a range of perspectives on the status of the human embryo...
We report from the third session of the annual conference of the Progress Educational Trust, titled 'Genome Editing and CRISPR: The Science of Engineering the Embryo', which discussed these new technologies and how they might be used in the future...
Stay up-to-date on all the latest developments in the fields of human fertility and genomics. And be the first to hear about upcoming events and other announcements.
