Dr Vivienne Raper
Science Editor
Dr Vivienne Raper is Science Editor at BioNews and at the charity that publishes it, the Progress Educational Trust (PET). Together with her fellow BioNews editors Dr Kirsty Horsey and Chris Chatterton, and PET chair Professor Marcus Pembrey, she runs the BioNews internship scheme which provides practical science writing training and experience for PhD students. She is also a freelance journalist specialising in health and science, and has written for publications including How It Works, the Financial Times, the Nursing Times, Science, Biologist, Ethical Living, Cambridge Alumni Magazine, the East London Advertiser, the South London Press, Southwark News, and various other local newspapers and specialist biotechnology, health and pharmaceutical publications.
Vivienne is also a freelance copywriter, and has written brochure and press pack material for organisations including the UK Government's Department of Health, the Royal Society of Chemistry, Johnson and Johnson, and the Healthcare Commission (now subsumed into the Care Quality Commission). Previously, she worked at the PR agency De Facto Communications, and she interned at the thinktank Newton's Apple. She has a PhD in imaging and informatics from the University of Bristol and a Certificate in Journalism from the National Council for the Training of Journalists. She blogs at Outdoor Science.
BioNews Comment articles written by Dr Vivienne Raper:
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Before Dr Julian Huppert was elected MP for Cambridge in May this year, he was a computational biologist at Cambridge University studying the structure and function of DNA. Now, he's one of only two scientists with PhDs in parliament. BioNews quizzed him about science funding, synthetic biology and the shortage of scientists in politics...[Read More] |
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CORRECTION: Telling is more important than ever by Dr Lucy Frith |
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In Dr Lucy Frith's comment, Dr Jennifer M Speirs' surname is misspelt as 'Spiers' in reference five...[Read More] |
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BioNews Review articles written by Dr Vivienne Raper:
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Imagine singing a piece of your DNA. 'A', 'C' and 'G'- the first three letters of your genetic code - are easy because they have corresponding musical notes. The fourth letter, 'T', looks harder, but you can use 'ti' on the musical scale. Think 'tea' in the song 'Doe a deer, a female deer, Ray, a drop of golden sun… Tea, a drink with jam and bread'...[Read More] |
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Book Review: Learning to Live with Huntington's Disease - One Family's Story |
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Huntington's Disease affects families as much as individuals; affected parents have a 50 per chance of passing it to their children. This fact makes this book describing the effects of Huntington's on an entire family such a thought-provoking read. And it's funny, chatty and uplifting too...[Read More] |
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BioNews News articles written by Dr Vivienne Raper:
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Scientists have successfully grafted human testicle tissue into mice, allowing them to study for the first time how boys' testicles develop in the womb...[Read More] |
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The UK's fertility watchdog, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), could be split up as the Government's 'bonfire of the quangos' continues....[Read More] |
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UK hospitals could expand their private fertility services if radical NHS reforms go ahead, the BBC reports. The overhaul would allow leading foundation trusts - self-governing hospitals - to compete with the private sector...[Read More] |
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The largest study of genetic differences between people to date - the 1,000 Genomes Project - has completed its pilot studies. The data is now freely available...[Read More] |
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The wife of Labour leadership contender Andy Burnham has had a double masectomy after a genetic test showed she had a raised risk of breast cancer...[Read More] |
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The ex-partner of a lesbian cannot be forced to pay child maintenance for the couple's donor-conceived child because they never entered a civil partnership, a High Court judge has ruled...[Read More] |
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A leading researcher and advocate for the rights of the donor conceived has been awarded an MBE...[Read More] |
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The Department of Health has appointed an interim Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for England. Professor Dame Sally Davies will take over from Sir Liam Donaldson on 31 May and will stay in post until a new CMO is appointed...[Read More] |
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In BioNews 556 we reported that: 'In order to avoid potential mix-ups, clinics such as the Hewitt Centre for Reproductive Medicine in Liverpool use a bar coding system to track sperm samples, eggs and embryos'....[Read More] |
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CORRECTION: First same-sex couple appear on a child's birth certificate |
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In BioNews 554, we reported that a same-sex couple were the first to appear jointly on their child's birth certificate. It has been pointed out to us that this is not true and we have changed the title of the original article to 'Same-sex couple claims to be the first to appear on a child's birth certificate'....[Read More] |
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