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Anneesa Amjad
Anneesa Amjad is a former Volunteer Writer at BioNews.
BioNews Review articles written by Anneesa Amjad:
| Podcast Review: The Primitive Streak |
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| 24 October 2016 - by Anneesa Amjad |
| In this podcast, Radiolab presenter Molly Webster explores the origins of the 14-day rule – the internationally agreed two-week time constraint on growing embryos in a lab... [Read More] |
BioNews News articles written by Anneesa Amjad:
| China begins first CRISPR human therapy trial |
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| 21 November 2016 - by Anneesa Amjad |
| Chinese scientists have injected CRISPR/Cas9 gene-edited cells into a human for the first time... [Read More] |
| Swedish scientist edits genomes of healthy human embryos |
| 26 September 2016 - by Anneesa Amjad |
| A scientist in Sweden has become the first to edit genes in healthy human embryos... [Read More] |
| Bioethical framework for human-animal embryo research proposed |
| 5 September 2016 - by Anneesa Amjad |
| A prominent bioethicist in the USA has suggested that most of the ethical concerns surrounding the creation of animal-human chimera embryos using human pluripotent stem cells could be reasonably addressed... [Read More] |
| Most Americans worried about genome editing, survey finds |
| 1 August 2016 - by Anneesa Amjad |
| A survey has found that a majority of adults in the USA are worried about the potential use of genome-editing technologies to give children a reduced risk of disease... [Read More] |
| British biotech firm buys up Sardinian DNA biobank to research ageing |
| 25 July 2016 - by Anneesa Amjad |
| A British biotech company has purchased a biobank containing the genetic information of almost 13,000 genealogically linked residents from the region of Ogliastre in Sardinia... [Read More] |
| Dutch government seeks to allow creation of human embryos for research |
| 6 June 2016 - by Anneesa Amjad |
| The Dutch government is planning to change the law to allow for the creation of human embryos for research... [Read More] |
| Stem cell scientists issue new guidelines to cover embryo editing |
| 16 May 2016 - by Anneesa Amjad |
| An international body representing stem cell scientists has included human genome editing in its updated guidance on the manipulation of stem cells and their use in therapy... [Read More] |
| Two genes linked to higher chance of having twins |
| 3 May 2016 - by Anneesa Amjad |
| A study has identified two gene variants that increase the likelihood of a woman having twins and could explain why twins appears to run in families... [Read More] |