Zebrafish research uncovers how stem cells form
Researchers studying the zebrafish have discovered how a certain type of stem cell, which produces all the blood cells in the body, is formed...
Siobhan Chan was formerly Genetics Editor at BioNews and at the charity that publishes it, the Progress Educational Trust (PET). She is a reporter at GP magazine, and has also worked as a Communications Officer at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and as part of the editorial team of I Science magazine. She has written about science and technology in developing countries for the Science and Development Network, volunteered at the Science Museum's Lates events, and interned at PricewaterhouseCoopers' Sustainability and Climate Change department. She originally studied Natural Sciences at the University of Bath, during which she undertook a placement year as an analytical chemist at GlaxoSmithKline, and she went on to obtain an MSc in Science Communication from Imperial College London. She tweets as @siobhankchan
by Siobhan Chan
Researchers studying the zebrafish have discovered how a certain type of stem cell, which produces all the blood cells in the body, is formed...
by Siobhan Chan
The UK Government has been accused of deliberately misleading the public in order to win approval over its plans to implement mitochondrial replacement techniques in IVF...
by Siobhan Chan
The UK Government has announced it will provide £300 million funding for a project to sequence 100,000 genomes, saying that it will 'revolutionise [the] fight against cancer and rare diseases'...
by Siobhan Chan
Healthy mice have been born using sperm grown in the lab from a sample of cryopreserved testicular tissue...
by Siobhan Chan
The age of sperm donors has no impact on the chances of having a baby via IVF and donor insemination, a study has found...
by Siobhan Chan
Genes responsible for night eating syndrome, where eating patterns are out of sync with sleeping schedules, have been found in a study on mice...
by Siobhan Chan
Bacteria with two extra synthetic DNA bases in their genome have been created in the lab for the first time...
by Siobhan Chan
Skin tissue from infertile men has been converted into sperm cell precursors after their stem cells were transplanted into mice...
by Siobhan Chan
Italy's constitutional court has lifted a ban on the use of donor sperm and eggs for assisted conception, saying it was 'unconstitutional'...
by Siobhan Chan
Gene therapy for an eye condition called choroideremia is safe and has improved the vision of six patients, says a study in the Lancet...
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