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PETAbout UsPeopleDr Maria Botcharova

Dr Maria Botcharova

Maria Botcharova is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews , having originally joined the publication under the auspices of its writing scheme . Her PhD in Neuroscience at University College London (UCL) 's Institute of Neurology  tried to make sense of the firing patterns of neurons and concluded in 2014. Since then, Maria was a business strategy consultant for pharmaceutical, healthcare and medical companies and currently leads a data analytics team at publishing company, Elsevier. She has written about wrinkly fingers and zorb balls and interviewed Sir Roger Bannister (about both running and neuroscience) for the Guardian. She takes a keen interest in science, having written and edited for a number of student and non-profit.

BioNews Articles by Dr Maria Botcharova

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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27 June 2022 • 2 minutes read

Women with infertility at increased risk of stroke

by Dr Maria Botcharova

Women diagnosed with infertility have a 14 percent higher long-term risk of non-fatal stroke, according to a large, global study... 

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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25 March 2022 • 2 minutes read

IVF-conceived people have better quality of life

by Dr Maria Botcharova

A recent study found that adults conceived through fertility treatment may have a better quality of life in adulthood than those who were naturally conceived...

Image by Sílvia Ferreira, Cristina Lopo and Eileen Gentleman via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a single human stem cell embedded within a porous hydrogel matrix (false colour).
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Image by Sílvia Ferreira, Cristina Lopo and Eileen Gentleman via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a single human stem cell embedded within a porous hydrogel matrix (false-coloured cryogenic scanning electron micrograph).
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18 February 2022 • 2 minutes read

Woman cured of HIV with cord blood stem cell transplant

by Dr Maria Botcharova

A woman in New York has become the third person to go into remission for HIV following a transplant of HIV-resistant stem cells taken from cord blood...

Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
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Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the sequencing output from an automated DNA sequencing machine.
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7 January 2022 • 2 minutes read

Human embryo gene expression starts at one-cell stage

by Dr Maria Botcharova

A new study shows that embryos begin to show gene expression when they are just at the single-cell stage, right after fertilisation...

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14 August 2020 • 1 minute read

Genes of an unknown ancestor found in modern humans

by Dr Maria Botcharova

Homo sapiens are likely to have bred with other ancient tribes much earlier than previously thought, according to new research...

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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17 July 2020 • 2 minutes read

Human sperm cells grown in vitro as a potential step to treat male infertility

by Dr Maria Botcharova

Scientists have made progress towards a reliable technique for treating male infertility...

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10 October 2019 • 1 minute read

Mini organs grown from tumours predict patient chemo response

by Dr Maria Botcharova

Structures grown from patient's tumour cells can help identify which patients will benefit from chemotherapy drugs, according to a new study...

Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
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Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the sequencing output from an automated DNA sequencing machine.
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13 September 2019 • 2 minutes read

DNA company accused of fudging people's genetic test results

by Dr Maria Botcharova

Seventeen former employees of a genetic testing company, Orig3n, have accused it of not meeting scientific standards and returning inaccurate results...

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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9 August 2019 • 2 minutes read

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG suspends funded IVF indefinitely

by Dr Maria Botcharova

The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group has decided to withdraw NHS-funded fertility services after a temporary suspension in 2017...

Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
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Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the sequencing output from an automated DNA sequencing machine.
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19 July 2019 • 2 minutes read

Modern human DNA reveals traces of archaic hominin species

by Dr Maria Botcharova

Scientists have discovered two previously unrecorded human ancestor groups by analysing the genomes of modern human populations...

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