Nisha Satkunarajah
Nisha Satkunarajah was previously a Volunteer Writer for BioNews, and a Volunteer at the charity that publishes it, the Progress Educational Trust (PET). Previously, she studied Law at Queen Mary University of London, completed the Bar Professional Training Course at Brierley Price Prior Law School, and went on to join the Civil Service working for the Home Office.
BioNews Review articles written by Nisha Satkunarajah:
| 24 July 2009 - by |
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'My Sister's Keeper' is based on a book by the author Jodi Picoult. The youngest daughter of the Fitzgerald family, Anna (Abigail Breslin), decides to sue her parents for the ‘medical emancipation’ of her own body. Having been conceived through IVF and the resulting embryo tissue typed to ensure it was a match for her sick existing sibling, Anna was born for the primary reason of keeping her older sister, Kate (Sofia Vassilieva), a leukaemia patient, alive.... [Read More] |
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BioNews News articles written by Nisha Satkunarajah:
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| 11 July 2011 - by |
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New legislation to permit federal funds to be used for research on embryos, which would otherwise be destroyed following IVF, will be introduced to the US Congress.... [Read More] |
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| 06 June 2011 - by |
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A man who froze his sperm at a fertility clinic over ten years ago has spoken of his distress after finding out his ex-wife had tricked the clinic into using the sperm, resulting in the birth of two children. He was then ordered by a court to pay 100,000 towards their upbringing... [Read More] |
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| 23 May 2011 - by |
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The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has overturned a preliminary injunction banning federal spending on research involving human embryonic stem cells (hESC)... [Read More] |
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A child born to a surrogate mother in India has been refused German citizenship despite the intending German parents being named on the birth certificate.... [Read More] |
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| 18 April 2011 - by |
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France's highest court has denied French citizenship to 10-year-old twins born to a French couple using a surrogate in the USA, reaffirming the country's ban on surrogacy... [Read More] |
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| 08 November 2010 - by |
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A private medical centre in Singapore is under investigation after a mix-up during IVF treatment resulted in the birth of a child conceived with the wrong sperm.... [Read More] |
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| 19 July 2010 - by |
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A woman has placed an advert in a local newspaper in a bid to find an egg donor. Diane Smith, 44, who is currently waiting to begin IVF treatment at the CARE Fertility Clinic in Northampton, placed an advert which read, 'We have been trying for a family for a long time but now we need to find an egg donor. Could you be that special person to help our dreams of a family come true?'... [Read More] |
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| 04 May 2010 - by |
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The Michigan State Senate (US) has passed legislation which would lead to tight monitoring and regulation of research using stem cells derived from human embryos. The legislation prohibits the sale or purchase of human eggs and would also require research facilities, including universities, to file annual reports listing how many human embryos they have stored and other data... [Read More] |
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| 12 April 2010 - by |
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A new service which enables donor conceived people to make contact with others who have been conceived using the same donor (their genetic siblings) has been launched by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) this week... [Read More] |
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A Californian biotechnology company has obtained the first US patent for developing a method to create stem cells from adult cells.... [Read More] |
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