Dr Yvonne Collins is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews. She was previously Science Editor at BioNews and at the charity that publishes it, the Progress Educational Trust (PET). Yvonne is also a freelance writer and editor for biotech, and has worked as a Content Manager at Qiagen. She has a PhD in Mitochondrial Biology from the University of Cambridge, and she originally studied Biology at Imperial College London. She enjoys travelling the world, baking bread and dancing rock 'n' roll.
Donor conception was the focus of the event Known Unknowns: The Pros, Cons and Consequences of Known Donation, held online by the Progress Educational Trust (PET), the charity that publishes BioNews, in partnership with the University of Manchester...
Dutch stem cell bank Cryo-Save has misplaced thousands of stem cell samples while transferring them from facilities across Europe to Poland...
The European Patent Office announced that it will uphold an earlier ruling to retract a key CRISPR/Cas9 patent held by the Broad Institute...
Human brain development occurs as a slower pace compared to other primates, according to a new study using 'mini brains' from stem cells...
A children's hospital in the USA has reported a malfunction of a freezer used to store the stem cells of cancer patients...
The first portrait of the anatomy of an extinct group of ancient humans known as Denisovans has been created based on epigenetic changes...
Scientists have developed a new device that uses iPSCs to create the most advanced artificial model of early human embryo development...
A new genome-wide association study has identified specific gene regions that can influence left-handedness and differences in brain organisation which may be linked to better verbal skills...
It's never been easier to eat more and move less, so it's no surprise that the worldwide prevalence of obesity has more than doubled since the 1980s. With so much 'advice' at our fingertips, whose guidance do we follow and how do we get to the truth? ...
A team of scientists in the USA and Spain claims to have produced human-monkey hybrid embryos in China...
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