BioNews - Dr Aarathi Prasad

Dr Aarathi Prasad

Dr Aarathi Prasad is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, and a science writer and broadcaster. She has written for publications including Prospect magazine and the Telegraph and Guardian newspapers, and she has written and presented programmes including Is It Better to Be Mixed Race? on Channel 4 and The Quest for Virgin Birth on BBC Radio 4. She has a PhD in Mammalian Cell Cycle Biology from Imperial College London, she has completed a postdoctoral project supported by Cancer Research UK which used chemical genetics to identify early therapeutic targets in cancers, and she was previously Public Liaison Officer at Sense About Science. She is currently writing a book entitled The End of Sex: The Quest for Reproduction without Men.

BioNews Comment articles written by Dr Aarathi Prasad:

Epigenetics: responding to life by switching genes on and off

07 December 2009 - by Dr Aarathi Prasad

Session 3 of the Progress Educational Trust's annual conference (PET), held on Wednesday 18 November 2009 at Clifford Chance, was chaired by Professor Marilyn Monk, Emeritus Professor of Molecular Embryology at the Institute for Child Health, and started with a talk by Karen Temple, Professor of Medical Genetics and Honorary Consultant in Clinical Genetics at the University of Southampton and Wessex Clinical Genetics Service. Professor Temple gave an intriguing talk on the influence of parent...[Read More]

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Gene activity linked to heart disease

18 January 2010 - by Dr Aarathi Prasad

A new study by scientists at the University of Cambridge, UK, has indicated that people in the later stages of heart disease carry specific changes in three key genes. However, these alterations to the genes are not permanent mutations, rather, they consist of a reversible change that may be influenced by the environment and diet, and may be responsible for integrating lifestyle and dietary signals to later heart failure....[Read More]

Stem-cell lines neglect ethnic minorities

21 December 2009 - by Dr Aarathi Prasad

A recent letter to the New England Journal of Medicine has investigated the genetic ancestry of the most commonly used and widely distributed embryonic stem (ES) cell lines currently used in research, and highlighted the dearth of lines that originate from non-European populations....[Read More]

Statin gene test could reveal patients prone to harmful side-effects

28 September 2009 - by Dr Aarathi Prasad

A new NHS-funded study will test patients for genes that may play a key role in side-effects related to statin use....[Read More]