Stem cells repair muscle after heart attack in monkeys
Injecting stem cell-derived cardiac cells after a heart attack may help repair damaged tissue, according to a study published in Nature Biotechnology...
Dr Lanay Griessner
Dr Lanay Griessner was a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, and is now working in the biotech industry in Vienna. She originally studied Biology at Boston College, and went on to obtain a PhD in Molecular Biology from the University of Vienna. There, she conducted research in the fields of infection and systems biology in the Max F Perutz Laboratories, publishing several articles on the common fungal pathogen Candida albicans.
BioNews Articles by Dr Lanay Griessner
Short-acting asthma inhalers affect women's fertility
Women using short-acting asthma inhalers took longer to become pregnant than women using long-acting inhaled asthma medications and those without asthma, researchers from the University of Adelaide in Australia, have found...
German court rules that trans woman cannot be child's mother
Germany's Federal Court of Justice has ruled that the a trans woman must be registered as her child's legal father and not its mother.
Asthma link to increased need for fertility treatment
Women with asthma are more likely to undergo fertility treatment than those without the disease, suggests new research...
German Parliament passes the Sperm Donor Registry Act
The German Parliament has passed the Sperm Donor Registry Act, which will allow children born from 2018 onwards to access their donors' information...
Virus linked to unexplained infertility in women
A little-known virus has been found in the uteruses of around half of women with unexplained infertility, a study has found...
Zika's achilles heel spotted with help from CRISPR
Researchers have pinpointed a gene that, if blocked, may stop Zika and other related viruses in their tracks...
Film Review: Future Baby
Austrian documentary film-maker Maria Arlamovsky journeys around the world, investigating the state of reproductive treatment. Her film asks a single question: how far should we go?
HIV edited out of T cells using CRISPR
Scientists have used the CRISPR genome-editing technique to remove HIV from the DNA of infected T cells and prevent reinfection...
Lack of stem cells in womb linked to recurrent miscarriage
Recurrent miscarriage could be caused by a lack of resident stem cells in the lining of the womb, according to a study...