Fertility clinic ransomware data breach affected 38,000 patients
Sensitive personal and medical information of around 38,000 patients has been exposed in a ransomware attack on a US fertility clinic...
Dr Rachel Montgomery
Dr Rachel Montgomery is an Adviser to the Progress Educational Trust (PET), and is a Volunteer Writer at its flagship publication BioNews, having originally joined the publication under the auspices of its writing scheme. Previously she studied for a PhD at the MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, part of University College London (UCL), which was funded by the MRC. Her work made use of a fission yeast model to better understand Batten Disease, a rare neurodegenerative disease that affects children. Previously, she completed an MSc in Prenatal Genetics and Fetal Medicine, also at UCL, and studied Medical Biology at Edinburgh University.
BioNews Articles by Dr Rachel Montgomery
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.
UK Government to develop global standards and policies to share genomic data
The UK Government has announced a year-long implementation plan that it hopes will position the UK as a global leader in genomic healthcare...
Daytime napping is partly regulated by your genes
Napping during the day is partly controlled by a person's genetics — and is not simply a behavioural choice...
Organoids give insight into the development of cervical cancer
Molecular changes that give rise to cervical cancer have been identified using novel 'organoid' models...
Dementia gene linked to an increased susceptibility to severe COVID-19
A gene variant linked to Alzheimer's disease has been shown to increase the risk of developing severe COVID-19 symptoms...
Manchester IVF clinic at risk of closure amid increasing privatisations
The UK's first fully funded NHS IVF clinic is at risk of closure after it was revealed that the hospital cannot afford a much-needed £10m refurbishment...
Diabetes drug could lead to new treatment for recurrent miscarriage
New research has suggested that a drug already in use for type 2 diabetes might also help prevent recurrent miscarriages...
IVF temporarily changes babies' epigenetics
A new study has found that children born from assisted reproductive technologies have different epigenetic patterns to those born through natural conception - but that these differences vanish by adulthood...
Couple sues IVF clinic after embryo mix-up
A couple are suing a US fertility clinic after an IVF mix-up resulted in the woman giving birth to twin boys unrelated to them - or each other...
Muscle-building steroids make men infertile
Men taking steroids and anti-baldness medications to appear more attractive may be inadvertently reducing their fertility, warn two scientists...