Nishat Hyder
Nishat Hyder is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews. She is currently studying for a PhD in Bioethics and Medical Jurisprudence at the University of Manchester's Centre for Social Ethics and Policy, where her research focuses on the legal and ethical challenges posed by artifical life technologies. Previously, she studied Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and went on to complete the Bar Professional Training Course at Brierley Price Prior Law School. She is particularly interested in jurisprudence, political theory, ethics, evolutionary theory, and how these disciplines relate to the emergence of new medical technologies.
BioNews Comment articles written by Nishat Hyder:
| 23 May 2011 - by |
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'Will pharmacogenetics lead to colour-coded medicine?' was the question posed at the Progress Educational Trust (PET)'s panel discussion on 10 May 2011. This event, which is part of a wider project, 'Genes, ancestry and racial identity: Does it matter where your genes come from?' was held at the Foresight Centre, University of Liverpool... [Read More] |
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BioNews Review articles written by Nishat Hyder:
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'One of the very few universal laws of history is this: whenever and wherever people of different races have been brought together they have always mixed. For most of human history the power of sex managed to undermine the power of race'... [Read More] |
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BioNews News articles written by Nishat Hyder:
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The Indian Home Ministry has issued strict visa guidelines making it more difficult for commissioning parents to obtain visas for entry to India for surrogacy arrangements... [Read More] |
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Parents sue hospital for failing to spot son's fatal chromosomal abnormality |
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The parents of a child with serious disabilities caused by an inherited rare genetic condition who died shortly after birth are suing St George's Hospital, London for failing to test for and identify the condition before birth.... [Read More] |
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Stem cells harvested from patients' own umbilical cord blood are to be trialled in the US as treatment for children with autism... [Read More] |
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Pacific islanders' blonde hair evolved independently from Europeans' |
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The genetic cause of blonde hair may be different in populations in Europe and Oceania, researchers have found. A single mutation in the TYRP1 gene, which is not associated with blonde hair in Europeans, was found in around one-quarter of Solomon Islanders and is believed to be major determinant for the pigmentation... [Read More] |
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The rate of multiple births resulting from IVF treatment is to be no more than ten percent, announced the Human Fertility and Embryology Authority (HFEA), in the final stage of its policy to reduce IVF multiple birth rates in the UK.... [Read More] |
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| 19 December 2011 - by |
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A patent for a diagnostic test is currently under consideration by the US Supreme Court. The eventual decision may have profound implications for the burgeoning 'personalised medicine' industry which often relies on DNA tests to guide physicians in choosing tailored therapies for patients... [Read More] |
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A US businesswoman is suing her employer after she was allegedly denied maternity leave following the birth of her twins through a surrogate mother... [Read More] |
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The NHS may be at risk of being sued over patent infringement, says a new report published by the Human Genetics Commission (HGC), the UK Government's genetics advisory body... [Read More] |
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The German parliament has passed a new law allowing PGD in limited circumstances. Under the new law, couples undergoing IVF can use PGD to screen embryos only if the parents have a predisposition to a serious genetic illness... [Read More] |
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A Glaswegian company has recently launched a new stem cell banking service which offers adults the opportunity to bank stem cells using a newly approved method of extraction and isolation... [Read More] |
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