Dr Lux Fatimathas
Dr Lux Fatimathas is Contributing Editor at BioNews and Communications Editor at BioMed Central, which publishes open access peer-reviewed journals spanning all areas of biology and medicine. She was previously Genetics Editor at BioNews and at the charity that publishes it, the Progress Educational Trust (PET). She has also worked as a Science Engagement Project Manager at the Public Engagement, Media and Grants Facility of the Medical Research Council's Clinical Sciences Centre, and has written for the Faculty of 1,000, the New Science Journalism Project, the British Society for Cell Biology's Newsletter, and the journals General Physiology and Biophysics and Histology and Histopathology.
Previously, she worked at the National University of Singapore's Mechanobiology Institute, where she was Managing Editor of the educational resource MBInfo. She also worked as a Research Fellow at the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, a research institute of the Government of Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research, where her research involved using the zebrafish as a model for investigating skin development. She originally studied Neuroscience at University College London, and went on to obtain her PhD in Molecular Cell Biology at the Institute of Ophthalmology under the auspices of the Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology's Graduate Programme. She is coauthor of a chapter in Nanomedicine and Cancer (buy this book from Amazon UK or Amazon USA).
BioNews News articles written by Dr Lux Fatimathas:
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£22 million life sciences prize launched by Facebook and Google founders |
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Eleven scientists have each won £2 million as part of a prize to recognise the achievements of biomedical researchers, launched by entrepreneurs including Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Google's Sergey Brin... [Read More] |
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Women with a family history of breast cancer should take preventative drugs, says NICE |
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Women at high risk of developing breast cancer should be offered preventative drugs, suggests the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence in updated guidelines... [Read More] |
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Scientists find those with epilepsy who have a strong family history of the disorder are also more likely to have migraines... [Read More] |
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Scratching the womb lining may increase a woman's chances of successful IVF treatment, say UK scientists... [Read More] |
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Human brain atlas, revealing genetic activity in 3D, published online |
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The first detailed maps of genetic activity in the human brain have been published online by scientists... [Read More] |
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Scottish genetics institute receives £60 million funding boost |
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The Medical Research Council has awarded £60 million to the University of Edinburgh to advance research into human genetic diseases... [Read More] |
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Fetal genome sequenced using only a blood sample from the mother |
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US researchers have for the first time sequenced the genome of a fetus using only a blood sample from the mother. It is hoped this new form of non-invasive sampling could allow doctors to screen for a range of genetic diseases prenatally, with minimal risk to the fetus... [Read More] |
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A chemical produced by stem cells promotes recovery in mice with the autoimmune neurological disease, multiple sclerosis. Hepatocyte growth factor, which is produced by human mesenchymal stem cells, appeared to both repair existing damage and prevent future neurological harm in a mouse model of the disease... [Read More] |
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By accident, scientists discover how commonest DNA replication error is corrected |
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Scientists have discovered the enzyme in our cells which corrects the most frequently occurring mistake in DNA as cells divide... [Read More] |
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Maternity rights for women using surrogate mothers raised in Parliament |
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Former shadow health secretary Mr John Healey has called for mothers of children conceived using a surrogate to be given equal maternity pay, leave and rights as other mothers. Currently mothers who use surrogates are entitled to 13 weeks unpaid leave, in contrast to mothers who adopt or conceive themselves, who are entitled to 52 weeks leave with 39 weeks maternity pay.... [Read More] |
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