Dr Sarah Spain was previously a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, having originally joined the publication under the auspices of its writing scheme. She is a postdoctoral researcher in applied statistical genetics at King's College London's Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, where her research focuses on the determination of genetic risk factors for complex inflammatory diseases such as Crohn's disease, psoriasis and asthma. Previously she studied Molecular Biology at the University of Kent, then spent two years working in finance. She went on to obtain an MSc in Medical Molecular Biology at the University of Westminster, and a Cancer Research UK supported PhD at University College London, where she worked with Professor Ian Tomlinson on genetic susceptibility to bowel cancer. She is particularly interested in human genetic variation and the genetics of complex diseases.
The record for Britain's oldest woman to have a baby will be broken next month by 66 year old Elizabeth Munro, from Cambridge. It is thought that Ms Munro, who is single and a successful business woman, travelled to the Ukraine to become pregnant using donor eggs and...
A report written by leading reproductive biologist Professor Richard Sharpe from the Medical Research Council in Edinburgh, UK, has called attention to the dangers of chemicals present in household consumer products. The report concludes that exposure to a cocktail of hormone disrupting chemicals in our environment, particularly...
In the most comprehensive study of African genetic diversity to date, a team of international scientists, led by Dr Sarah Tishkoff from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, US, has revealed Africa to be the most genetically diverse continent on Earth. The findings could be used as...
New research, led by Professor Hakon Hakonarson from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and published in the journal Nature, has identified for the first time common genetic variations that could explain 15 per cent of autism cases. Several genes have been previously linked to autism, but these...
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