Dr Nadeem Shaikh was previously a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, having originally joined the publication under the auspices of its writing scheme. He obtained his PhD from University College London (UCL)'s Research Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, where his research - in the laboratory of Professor Ivan Gout - focused on links between cell signalling and metabolism. He previously studied Molecular Biology at UCL, and went on to work in research roles at St George's University of London's Cardiovascular Biology Research Centre and at the Medical Research Council's National Institute for Medical Research.
A US company has taken up the challenge to sequence 100 genomes in 30 days...
Differences in the severity of people's flu symptoms may be due to a genetic variant, according to scientists...
A potential stem cell therapy for glaucoma — a degenerative eye condition that can lead to blindness — has yielded positive results in animal tests...
A man in the United States is reportedly being investigated by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after offering his sperm for donation. Trent Arsenault, a 36 year-old computer security expert from California, has set up a website offering his sperm without charge to anyone who wishes to use it to have a baby....
Two Chinese genome wide association studies (GWAS) have identified genomic regions linked to the incidence of schizophrenia. The papers, published in Nature, are some of the first GWAS to look at Chinese as opposed to Western populations....
Lawyers acting for two US scientists who sought to challenge the legality of a decision by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to allow research on new embryonic stem (ES) cell lines have filed a notice of appeal. They seek to reverse the decision made against them by a district judge in July...
A single gene may play a major role in how we perceive pain, UK scientists have discovered. Research published in the journal Science, by a team from the University of Cambridge, shows that the HCN2 gene may be a vital target for future pharmacological research into pain relief...
A South African rugby player is believed to be the first in his country to receive an experimental stem cell therapy to treat a serious neurological disease....
UK researchers have successfully trialled a new drug to help patients with a severe form of muscular dystrophy....
A group of US scientists has successfully used a virus to deliver genes into monkey retinas that could potentially restore damaged photoreceptor cells. The findings could lead to gene therapies being developed to treat blindness and other eye conditions in humans...
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