Genome analysis shows Ebola can be sexually transmitted
Traces of Ebola virus RNA have been found in the semen of survivors up to nine months after infection, genome analysis has revealed...
Dr Julia Hill is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, having originally joined the publication under the auspices of its writing scheme. She is currently working as a postdoctoral researcher in the Alzheimer's Research UK UCL Drug Discovery Institute, where she is working on developing new medicines to treat Alzheimer's. Previously, she completed a PhD in Mitochondrial Biology at University College London's Research Department of Cell and Developmental Biology. Her research, conducted in the laboratories of Professor Michael Duchen and Dr Gyorgy Szabadkai, focuses on mitochondrial calcium transport in the central nervous system, and potential therapeutic targets for neurodegenerative disease. Previously, she studied Biochemistry at the University of Bath, incorporating a professional placement year at the world's largest neurological disease treatment and research institution – the Barrow Neurological Institute.
Traces of Ebola virus RNA have been found in the semen of survivors up to nine months after infection, genome analysis has revealed...
The 2015 Lasker Awards are being given to three scientists who made ground-breaking discoveries in cancer and genetics, and to the organisation Doctors without Borders for its work on the Ebola crisis....
For the first time, an almost fully formed human brain has been grown in the lab, according to scientists from Ohio State University...
Scientists in the USA have demonstrated how stem cell techniques may benefit people with incurable mitochondrial diseases. The research suggests it might be possible one day to replace diseased tissue in patients affected by the disorders...
Julia Hill reviews 'The Lion's Mouth Opens', a moving portrait of Huntington's Disease...
An Illinois appeals court has reaffirmed a decision to grant a woman 'custody and control' of frozen embryos created with the sperm of her ex-boyfriend, despite his objections...
New DNA evidence has reignited a longstanding debate over the ownership of a 9000-year-old skeleton, known as Kennewick Man...
A woman who has received a transplant of ovarian tissue stored when she was a child has given birth. It is believed to be the first time ovarian tissue taken from young girl has led to a successful pregnancy...
Scientists have discovered that changes to DNA which occur during a person’s lifetime can be passed on to future generations...
A report has warned that the interpretation of genetic tests often varies between labs and may result in incorrect clinical decisions being made...
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