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Dr Alexander Ware
Dr Alexander Ware is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews and intern at the charity which publishes it, the Progress Educational Trust (PET). He has completed a PhD in plant development at the University of Nottingham and previously completed a degree in Biology at the University of Bristol.
BioNews Comment articles written by Dr Alexander Ware:
| How do we make genomics everybody's business? |
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| 10 September 2018 - by Dr Alexander Ware |
| This Progress Educational Trust/Genomics England event concerned the imminent completion of the 100,000 Genomes Project, and the upcoming launch of the new national NHS Genomic Medicine Service... [Read More] |
BioNews Review articles written by Dr Alexander Ware:
| Podcast Review: Humanity's Awesome, Terrifying Take-Over of Evolution |
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| 10 May 2021 - by Dr Alexander Ware |
| This is something of a meta-review, as the podcast is purportedly a review of a book. The podcast is primarily a gently meandering discussion between journalist and author... [Read More] |
| TV Review: Biohackers |
| 9 November 2020 - by Dr Alexander Ware |
| A new Netflix show in which biohackers are just a side-show to the dark side of laboratory science... [Read More] |
| Event Review: The Coronavirus Genome - Conspiracies, controversies, and future confidence in tackling COVID-19 |
| 29 June 2020 - by Dr Alexander Ware |
| I feel safe in assuming, reader, that you’re probably feeling saturated by all things coronavirus-related... [Read More] |
| Podcast Review: The Gene Gap - Who decides what should happen next? |
| 30 March 2020 - by Dr Alexander Ware |
| Why aren't more people involved in the discussion surrounding how genome editing should be used?... [Read More] |
| TV Review: Storyville – The gene revolution |
| 24 February 2020 - by Dr Alexander Ware |
| Storyville, the BBC4 series showcasing international documentaries, have recently aired a feature length piece entitled 'The Gene Revolution: Changing Human Nature'... [Read More] |
| TV Review: DNA Testing Secrets |
| 23 September 2019 - by Dr Alexander Ware |
| Channel 4 News have recently produced two short films on genetic testing... [Read More] |
| TV review: The Big Questions - Should we be striving to eliminate mistakes from the genome? (BBC One, Series 12, Episode 2) |
| 28 January 2019 - by Dr Alexander Ware |
| This episode of 'The Big Questions' starts with just that: a big question. One with no easy answer – which usually signposts an interesting debate... [Read More] |
| Radio Review: Biohacking – BBC Radio 4 |
| 10 September 2018 - by Dr Alexander Ware |
| Recent programmes like Biohacking are what help Radio 4 maintain its place atop my ranking of BBC media outlets. I think I'd pay the license fee for it alone... [Read More] |
| Game Review: Pandemic |
| 20 August 2018 - by Dr Alexander Ware |
| 'Are you willing to bend the rules?' This is the first of many questions that you will be faced with in director John Bradburn's latest project with London's Science Museum: 'Pandemic', commissioned as part of the Frankenstein Festival... [Read More] |
BioNews News articles written by Dr Alexander Ware:
| Space travel impairs mitochondrial function |
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| 30 November 2020 - by Dr Alexander Ware |
| Spaceflight is hard on the human body, and our mitochondria are not immune to its pressures... [Read More] |
| Scientists base-edit first viable human embryos |
| 28 August 2018 - by Dr Alexander Ware |
| A new approach to treating Marfan syndrome may be on the horizon, thanks to developments in genome editing... [Read More] |
| CRISPR editing human embryos - did it work or not? |
| 13 August 2018 - by Dr Alexander Ware |
| Controversy surrounding last year's report of a disease-gene being edited out of human embryos continues with a fresh round of evidence... [Read More] |
| A different CRISPR enzyme may make genome editing sharper |
| 6 August 2018 - by Dr Alexander Ware |
| The key enzyme used in CRISPR genome editing has competition... [Read More] |
| Glaxo invests $300m in 23andMe to use its genomic data for research |
| 30 July 2018 - by Dr Alexander Ware |
| The pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline is investing US$300 million in 23andMe as part of a four-year collaboration that will give it access to the DNA testing firm's genetic data resources... [Read More] |
| Sperm extracted from fatally injured man for partner's use |
| 23 July 2018 - by Dr Alexander Ware |
| A UK judge has granted permission for a woman to have her dying husband's sperm harvested, to use in an attempt to conceive following his death... [Read More] |
| Heritable genome editing could be acceptable, says leading ethics body |
| 17 July 2018 - by Dr Alexander Ware |
| In a new report, the UK's Nuffield Council on Bioethics has concluded that the use of heritable genome editing 'could be ethically acceptable in some circumstances'... [Read More] |
| Genome editing lowers cholesterol in monkeys |
| 16 July 2018 - by Dr Alexander Ware |
| Researchers have successfully used genome editing to reduce blood cholesterol in living monkeys... [Read More] |