Alarm over proposal to overturn US ban on patenting human genes
A bill that would nullify the US Supreme Court decision that banned the patenting of human genes is being debated by the US Congress...
Kulraj Singh Bhangra
Kulraj Singh Bhangra was a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, having originally joined the publication under the auspices of its writing scheme. He is currently completing a Doctoral Training Programme in Medical Device Innovation at University College London, which has involved completing an MRes in Medical Technology Entrepreneurship prior to commencing his PhD. His PhD project involves combining tissue engineering, biomaterials and computational modelling techniques to develop living replacement tissue for repairing the nervous system. Owing to its interdisciplinary nature, the project has four supervisors - Dr David Choi, Professor Jonathan Knowles, Dr James Phillips and Dr Rebecca Shipley. Previously, he studied Medical Engineering at Queen Mary University of London's School of Engineering and Materials Science. He has a strong interest in promoting the public understanding of science, and has been involved in local and national outreach activities including the Big Bang Fair and the Cheltenham Science Festival.
BioNews Articles by Kulraj Singh Bhangra
India's lower house passes bill banning commercial surrogacy
The Lok Sabha, India's lower house, has passed a bill that bans commercial surrogacy...
FDA approves DNA test for predicting drug effectiveness — if it carries warnings
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first consumer pharmacogenetic test, but not without crucial caveats...
Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family (from Greek and Roman mythology) entwined in coils of DNA.
Canadian MP's bill to decriminalise surrogacy and donor payments
A private member's bill aims to decriminalise payments for sperm, eggs and surrogacy in Canada...
Certain antihistamines linked to reduced male fertility
Studies in humans and animals have found that certain antihistamines may affect testicular function in males...
Key CRISPR players agree to patent pool
The Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard will take part in an initiative to simplify licensing CRISPR genome editing technology to other organisations and institutions...
Europe's first gene therapy withdrawn
A million-dollar gene therapy treatment for a rare blood disease will be withdrawn from the European market due to lack of demand...
Smartphone DNA sequencer developed
Scientists have created a smartphone microscope attachment that can image and analyse DNA sequences...
23andMe halts development of next-generation gene sequencing
Personal genomics company 23andMe has halted plans to develop next-generation sequencing technology, it has revealed ...
NIH announces genomic data sharing initiative
The US National Institutes of Health has announced a new initiative that encourages the sharing of genomic and clinical data among researchers across the world...