Rachael Panizzo
Rachael Panizzo is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, having originally joined the publication under the auspices of its internship scheme. She studied Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge, specialising in Anatomy and Neuroscience. She went on to receive a PhD in biomedical research at University College London (UCL), where she developed magnetic resonance imaging techniques for stem cells, and where she was Biomedical Sciences Editor at the graduate journal Opticon1826. She then completed an Internship in Science Policy at the Institute of Biology (now subsumed into the Society of Biology), and she currently works in policy at the British Medical Association.
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Were it not for the unconventional way she conceived her child, Louise Sloan would otherwise seem like a characteristic New York yummy mummy. Author and magazine editor, she manages to balance her family life with her young toddler with her busy work schedule, with the help of a live-in nanny and flexible working hours. However, single and lesbian, Sloan became pregnant with her son Scott through donor insemination, and her experience of assisted reproductive technology as a single woman is t...[Read More] |
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The philosopher Robert Nozick introduced the idea of a genetic supermarket in 1974, before the first IVF birth and the era of medical genetics. At the genetic supermarket, he imagined, prospective parents could shop for desired traits, and design a child to their particular specifications. In 'Defending the Genetic Supermarket', Colin Gavaghan explores the ethics underlying the use of assisted reproductive technologies, in particular preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), as well as the cur...[Read More] |
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| 16 August 2010 - by |
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Researchers at Yale have identified a potential therapeutic target for cancer in the form of a micro RNA (miRNA) gene that cancer cells, but not normal cells, are dependent on for survival. Inactivating the miRNA causes cancer cell death and tumour regression....[Read More] |
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Stem cells created from a patients' own tissue are subtly different from those derived from embryos in ways that may affect their therapeutic potential, two independent research groups have found. Both studies found induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) retain an 'epigenetic memory' of their tissue of origin...[Read More] |
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An individual's genome can be used to accurately predict their ancestral origin, to the nearest five miles, a new study has found...[Read More] |
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Assisted reproduction could lead to increased risks of congenital malformations, say scientists |
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The risk of congenital malformations is increased in children born through assisted reproductive technology (ART), such as IVF or ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection), researchers report today at the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics....[Read More] |
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A clinical trial investigating the treatment of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) using bone marrow stem cells has produced encouraging results, researchers at Bristol University have reported....[Read More] |
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Exposure to air pollution has been linked to a lower chance of IVF success, a study has found. Nitrogen dioxide, fine particulate matter and ozone posed a particular risk, according to the researchers from Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, US...[Read More] |
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Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Center for Regenerative Medicine have pipointed key genetic differences between mouse embryonic stem cells (ES cells) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells)....[Read More] |
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Genetic information doesn't improve breast cancer risk prediction, large study finds |
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Breast cancer risk prediction does not improve significantly when genetic information is included in the risk prediction model, a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has found....[Read More] |
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A genetic risk score based on several genetic markers associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) does not improve the prediction of CVD risk, research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association has suggested...[Read More] |
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Comparing the genomes of Archbishop Desmond Tutu and !Gubi, a Khoisan elder from the Kalahari, reveals that, although they are geographical neighbours, their genomes are as different from each other as they are from European or Asian individuals. These findings, published in the journal Nature, reflect the extent of human genetic diversity on the African continent....[Read More] |
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