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Laura Riggall
BioNews Review articles written by Laura Riggall:
| Podcast Review: The Dangers of DIY Genetic Testing (Science Weekly, The Guardian) |
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| 28 October 2019 - by Laura Riggall |
| By 2022 the world's consumer genetic testing market is expected to quadruple to £200 million, according to The Guardian. But while the popularity of DIY genetic testing has undergone huge expansion in recent years, doctors and scientists have called for a crackdown on tests offered by consumer genetics companies such as 23andMe and AncestryDNA... [Read More] |
BioNews News articles written by Laura Riggall:
| Unproven report linking coronavirus to male infertility removed |
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| 16 March 2020 - by Laura Riggall |
| A report published online that suggests the novel coronavirus may lead to male infertility has now been removed... [Read More] |
| Study shows brain organoids are confused and disorganised |
| 10 February 2020 - by Laura Riggall |
| Cerebral organoids fail to replicate the basic features of normal human brain development, according to a new study published in Nature... [Read More] |
| Arizona woman cannot use frozen embryos against ex-husband's wishes |
| 27 January 2020 - by Laura Riggall |
| A woman cannot use her frozen embryos to have a baby following opposition from her ex-husband, the Arizona Supreme Court has ruled... [Read More] |
| Chinese scientist who created genome-edited babies jailed |
| 6 January 2020 - by Laura Riggall |
| Professor He Jiankui, the Chinese scientist who created the world’s first genome-edited babies, has been sentenced to three years in prison for violating medical regulations... [Read More] |
| E-CRISPR could be used to rapidly detect viruses |
| 18 November 2019 - by Laura Riggall |
| Researchers claim that the genome-editing tool CRISPR could be used to detect dangerous viruses in a drop of blood within an hour... [Read More] |
| Cancer cells limit DNA repair to overcome treatment |
| 11 November 2019 - by Laura Riggall |
| Colorectal cancer cells increase the rate of mutations and impair DNA repair in their genomes to become more resistant to targeted therapies, a new study suggests... [Read More] |
| Mother takes legal action against sperm bank for her child's dwarfism |
| 4 November 2019 - by Laura Riggall |
| A woman has taken a sperm bank to court after giving birth to a child with dwarfism despite choosing a 6-foot-tall donor on its website, according to Russian reports... [Read More] |
| Rare genetic quirk twice as common as thought |
| 14 October 2019 - by Laura Riggall |
| Inheriting two copies of a chromosome from a single parent is more common than previously thought, according to a new study... [Read More] |
| Fertility treatment is becoming safer says HFEA report |
| 7 October 2019 - by Laura Riggall |
| A new report from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has shown that fertility treatment is becoming safer, with the standard of care improving across UK clinics... [Read More] |
| Study finds 44 genes linked to hearing loss |
| 30 September 2019 - by Laura Riggall |
| Researchers have identified 44 genes linked to age-related hearing loss... [Read More] |