Marianne Neary
Marianne Neary is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, having originally joined the publication under the auspices of its internship scheme, and also writes for the Society for Endocrinology's public information website You and Your Hormones. She is a clinical medical student at University College London's Division of Medicine, and under the auspices of its MBPhD Programme, she divides her time between clinical training at University College London Hospital and research at the Medical Research Council's National Institute for Medical Research. Her current research focuses on metabolic changes in the heart before and after birth, and has potential implications for high altitude medicine, cot death and heart failure. Her essay on this subject, 'Conquistadores and Cot Death', was shortlisted for the Max Perutz Science Writing Prize, while her story 'Freedom Through Genetics' was shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust's Science Writing Prize. Her earlier research concerned obesity, and how gut hormones and gene variations impact on eating behaviour, appetite and body weight. Previously, she studied Medicine and Physiology, Development and Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. When released from the lab, she is a singer/songwriter and a member of the all-singing, all-dancing acappella group In the Smoke.
BioNews Review articles written by Marianne Neary:
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'There's a bar at a nightclub and a girl is deciding whether to take some guy she's met home with her. She's not intent on asking does he dance well or does he have a good sense of humour… no, no, no. She takes a little bit of his hair and she runs out the door, down the street to the local genome shop… she hands over the hair with her credit card and comes back in 15 minutes. She opens up the envelope and she says, 'Wow, he's got a genetic quotient of 99'. She goes back to the bar and says ...[Read More] |
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Book Review: The Genome Book - A Must-Have Guide to Your DNA for Maximum Health |
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Genetics is creating more confusion than the offside rule in pub conversation. Most of us had limited teaching on the subject at school or we may have left before Watson and Crick ran out of the pub that night with the structure of DNA on a beer mat. We are left to soak in the media murkiness and skewed views of individuals, which could one day influence important decisions on our health....[Read More] |
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Book Review: Communicating Biological Sciences - Ethical and Metaphorical Dimensions |
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My first impression of this book was that the title smacks of a dull read. On the contrary, however, this book provides a stimulating awakening into one of the challenges facing science writing today, namely the use of metaphor: its purpose in communication and consequences for science and public understanding...[Read More] |
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BioNews News articles written by Marianne Neary:
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Disappointing results one year into diabetes stem cell trial |
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Biotech company Osiris Therapeutics has this month released an optimistic update on its Phase II trial evaluating the use of adult stem cells for the treatment of type 1 diabetes, despite lacking positive results...[Read More] |
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Step forward in pioneering stem cell trial for motor neurone disease |
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On 18 November, Richard Grosjean became the first patient to receive a pioneering stem cell treatment in the upper part of the spinal cord. His procedure is part of an ongoing US-based clinical trial aimed at assessing the safety of injecting neural stem cells taken from eight-week-old fetuses into the spinal cords of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)...[Read More] |
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When it comes to our weight, there is no need to wallow in the gene pool. Scientists have found that physical activity lessens the link between genes and obesity...[Read More] |
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Being just slightly overweight can affect the chance of having a baby through IVF, according to a study at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust....[Read More] |
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First study of the genetic links to diabetes in South Asians finds six new variants |
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In an international research effort led by Imperial College London, scientists have identified six new genetic variants linked to type 2 diabetes (T2D) in South Asians....[Read More] |
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The rate at which we age depends on socio-economic status and can be revealed by a DNA test, which will improve assessment of public health measures, say Glaswegian scientists....[Read More] |
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Scientists have linked a so-called ‘lean gene’ to an increased likelihood of developing heart disease and type II diabetes....[Read More] |
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Women at risk of passing on mitochondrial disease to their children could use PGD to give birth to an unaffected child. The scientists at Maastricht University Medical Centre in the Netherlands claim their work has the potential to prevent the transmission of mitochondrial diseases...[Read More] |
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A novel and more efficient method for generating induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from adult cells using small RNA molecules has been discovered by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in the USA...[Read More] |
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NHS North Yorkshire maintains fertility treatment restrictions |
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Couples struggling to conceive face more disappointment as NHS North Yorkshire and York joins a growing number of trusts restricting access to IVF after it decided to suspend funding for assisted conception services, save for those who demonstrate a 'clinical exception'....[Read More] |
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