Base editing as a potential therapy for heart disease
Mouse heart cells, genetically modified after a heart attack, recovered from the damage caused...
Genetics Editor
Dr Joanne Delange is Genetics Editor at BioNews and at the charity that publishes it, the Progress Educational Trust (PET). Together with her fellow BioNews editors Hannah Flynn and Jen Willows, she runs the BioNews writing scheme, which provides practical science writing training and experience for PhD students. She also writes for Nutritional Insight, an elite evidence-based nutritional and biomedical writing and consultancy service. She has more than 15 years' experience of online publishing in fast-moving scientific environments, writing articles on current research and out-licensing opportunities.
Joanne's work has assisted in forming collaborative partnerships between research and industry worldwide, ascertaining the commercial applications of research and the relevance of research to disease and to drug discovery. She originally studied Biochemistry and Pharmacology at the University of Southampton, where she undertook laboratory research into the role of growth factors and cytokines in tumour biology, studying the role of PTHrP and EGF in breast cancer cell lines. There, she went on to obtain a PhD in Biochemistry, researching retroviral proteases and in particular the proteases from the Hepatitis C and HIV-1 viruses.
Mouse heart cells, genetically modified after a heart attack, recovered from the damage caused...
CRISPR has been used to eliminate the toxic protein build-up associated with Huntington's disease in mice...
Genetic changes that turn on cancer genes have been discovered, which may lead to the development of improved methods for predicting and treating cancer...
Using artificial intelligence (AI), scientists have designed synthetic DNA to control gene expression and thus control the cells' production of protein...
A Fertility Network UK survey of 1279 fertility patients has revealed the impact of treatment on mental health, finances, relationships and career...
Our DNA is less important as we age in influencing our susceptibility to age-related diseases, such as diabetes and cancer...
Using a novel technique for chromosome-level genetic engineering, scientists have generated mice with evolutionary genetic changes in the laboratory...
Three quarters (75 percent) of sperm used in the UK is imported from overseas, despite British men's apparent willingness to donate...
Depression during pregnancy has been linked to placental gene modifications according to a study conducted by NIH researchers...
Angiotensin converting enzyme 2 is involved in vital cyclic ovarian functions and thus COVID-19 may impact female reproductive health...
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