Gene links breast cancer to stress and body clock
A gene involved in suppressing tumours has been shown to link breast cancer to stress and an irregular body clock...
Michael Limmena was a Volunteer Writer at BioNews and now works as a freelance science writer. He completed a BSc. (Hons) Chemistry degree at the University of British Columbia. His thesis focused on developing an optimised synthetic procedure to produce terminal-functionalised poly(amino-olefins) using chain transfer agents. He previously worked as a research assistant at Cross Cancer Institute developing geldanamycin-based fluorescent click-on probes for potential cancer detection. He currently writes medicine- and psychology-related articles for Science Borealis and Royal Canadian Institute for Science, and general science articles for the inEducation Zealousness Blog. He tweets as @MLimmena.
A gene involved in suppressing tumours has been shown to link breast cancer to stress and an irregular body clock...
A citizens' jury of people with personal experience of hereditary disease has voted in favour of asking the UK government to consider changing the law, to allow for genome editing of human embryos to address serious genetic disorders...
A new study, published in Nature, by world-renowned Stanford neuroscientist Professor Sergiu Pasca involved the transfer of human brain organoids into the brains of rats. Here, Dr Insoo Hyun, director of the Centre for Life Sciences and Public Learning at the Museum of Science in Boston, Massachusetts, speaks with Professor Pasca about his research...
More than 32,000 newly diagnosed young cancer patients in the USA could face challenges accessing fertility preservation treatment each year due to the overturning of Roe v Wade...
Children born from IVF using frozen embryos may have a higher risk of developing childhood cancer according to a new study; however, the overall risk remains low...
The expression and maturation of a protein that protects cells' elasticity have been mapped with unprecedented clarity and may help in the development of new gene therapies...
There is no ethical or scientific reason why poorer countries should gain access to genomic technology long after richer countries, the World Health Organisation's Science Council stated in their first report on access to genomic technologies...
The world's first bedside genetic test that could prevent babies from losing their hearing has shown to be successful according to the NHS...
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