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Isobel Steer
Isobel Steer is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, and is also a PhD researcher in the Bioengineering and Chemistry Departments at Imperial College London, developing a device to study protein-DNA interactions. She previously studied Biological Sciences at the University of Oxford, where she wrote for and edited magazines including Bang! and Phenotype. She tweets as @isosteer
BioNews Review articles written by Isobel Steer:
| TV Review: CBS 60 Minutes – 'CRISPR' |
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| 18 June 2018 - by Isobel Steer |
| The world is waking up to CRISPR. American media giant CBS sets out to explain to the public what genome editing is – and why it matters – by interviewing some of the top scientists behind the technology... [Read More] |
| Radio review: Life Scientific – Sir John Burn |
| 5 March 2018 - by Isobel Steer |
| 'If you've had one child with a major problem, will it happen again? If several members of your family have developed an early onset neurological disorder, you say, will it be me?'... [Read More] |
| Book Review: Stem Cell Dialogues - A Philosophical and Scientific Inquiry into Medical Frontiers |
| 11 September 2017 - by Isobel Steer |
| Is using and destroying a human embryo for medical research ethical? This question is constantly considered in our newspapers, courtrooms and research labs. You almost certainly have an opinion on it... [Read More] |
| Event Review: Who owns your genome? |
| 3 October 2016 - by Isobel Steer |
| Do you know who owns your genome? And who, if anyone, would you choose to give your genetic information to? This debate, organised by the British Science Association and supported by Genomics England, covered the cutting-edge issues in genomic ethics and legality... [Read More] |
| TV Review: My Amazing Twin |
| 5 September 2016 - by Isobel Steer |
| My Amazing Twin offers a thought-provoking look at both the scientific and the personal side of type 1 neurofibromatosis... [Read More] |
| Event Review: The Francis Crick Prize Lecture 2015 |
| 21 December 2015 - by Isobel Steer |
| If you'd like to learn more about epigenetics, or just watch a masterly science presenter at work, look to 2015 Francis Crick Prize winner Professor Rob Klose... [Read More] |
| Book Review: One Plus One Equals One - Symbiosis and the Evolution of Complex Life |
| 1 June 2015 - by Isobel Steer |
| Professor John Archibald masterfully tells the incredible tale of passionate scientists, their hair-raising experiments, and the ancient cellular alliances that spawned multicellular life as we know it... [Read More] |
| Radio Review: Exchanges at the Frontier - Genomics |
| 23 February 2015 - by Isobel Steer |
| Within the first minute, it is already clear that genomic sequencing is something of a Pandora's Box; or, as AC Grayling calls it, 'a modern dilemma'... [Read More] |
BioNews News articles written by Isobel Steer:
| DNA editing outside the cell with CRISPR could improve cancer diagnosis |
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| 23 April 2018 - by Isobel Steer |
| 'Cell-free' CRISPR has been developed by scientists at the Christine Care Health System's Gene Editing Institute in Delaware, allowing them to extract cellular DNA and make multiple, significant edits to the genetic code... [Read More] |
| US regulators clarify stance on CRISPR'd food |
| 9 April 2018 - by Isobel Steer |
| CRISPR greens may soon be served in the USA: the US Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue clarified the US Department of Agriculture's stance on crops that have been genome-edited using the tool... [Read More] |
| Mediterranean diet in women improves IVF success |
| 5 February 2018 - by Isobel Steer |
| Researchers in Greece have found that a Mediterranean diet is linked with an over 65 percent improvement in a woman’s chances of a successful IVF pregnancy... [Read More] |
| Gene therapy temporarily halts type 1 diabetes in mice |
| 8 January 2018 - by Isobel Steer |
| A gene therapy has been used to restore normal blood sugar levels in mice with type 1 diabetes, according to a study published this month in the journal Cell Stem Cell. |
| New CRISPR technique reverses diabetes and kidney failure in mice without cutting DNA |
| 11 December 2017 - by Isobel Steer |
| Scientists in California have used a modified form of the CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing approach to epigenetically treat diabetes, kidney disease and muscular dystrophy in mice... [Read More] |
| AI test could be first screening tool for ovarian cancer |
| 6 November 2017 - by Isobel Steer |
| Machine learning has been used to develop a promising screening test for ovarian cancer, a team of US-based researchers has said... [Read More] |
| Daughters inherit miscarrage risk from smoking mothers |
| 17 July 2017 - by Isobel Steer |
| Mothers who smoke during pregnancy have daughters who are more likely to experience miscarriages... [Read More] |
| Mutations associated with cancer found in endometriosis |
| 15 May 2017 - by Isobel Steer |
| Cancer-related mutations have been found in tissue taken from patients with deep endometriosis... [Read More] |
| Tumour gene tests produce conflicting results |
| 19 December 2016 - by Isobel Steer |
| A study has cast doubts on the reliability of 'liquid biopsies' – blood tests that detect tumour mutations and are increasingly used to guide treatment... [Read More] |
| Genetic basis of schizophrenia unfolds |
| 24 October 2016 - by Isobel Steer |
| Scientists using a new 3D chromosome-mapping technique have uncovered a genetic connection between schizophrenia and early fetal brain development ... [Read More] |
