When your gut bacteria talk, your brain listens and replies
Read now →It's a conversation, one that may alter immune response and disease progression
Born and bred in North London, I am now a Research Fellow based at LA Biomed, in affiliation with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). I completed my PhD in Neuroscience at the Institute of Psychiatry in 2016, which focused on the potential use of gene therapy for the treatment of Batten disease, a fatal neurological paediatric disease. I am now working on stem cell gene therapy using CRISPR-Cas9 to treat Sanfilippo Syndrome. Before completing my PhD, I worked in the areas of Stroke and Huntington's disease research and have also worked in a care capacity, with people living with Autism, suicidal ideation, dementia and HIV Associated Neurocognitive Disorder.
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Join five scientists as they explain the research behind new psychedelic treatments for mental illnesses
Why scientists are transplanting artificially grown “brains” into living brains
Read now →Scientists are making major strides in growing fully functional "mini brains" -- but what are the ethics of such science?
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Advances in gene therapy could help cure a cruel childhood illness
Read now →Most viruses make people sick. But we're learning to use them to deliver cures to complex diseases
Meet Jocelyn Bell Burnell, the astrophysicist who first noticed pulsars
Read now →Through sheer tenacity she has forged a career in a male-dominated field
A rare disease offers clues to how genes affect social behavior
Read now →Williams syndrome is helping scientists understand the roots of sociality
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A protein in your brain behaves like a virus, infecting your cells with memories
Read now →Forming a protective shell, Arc moves from neuron to neuron
Are hallucinations a disease?
Read now →They may be a symptom, but they are not necessarily harmful
Meet Barbara McClintock, who used corn to decipher 'jumping genes'
Read now →Through meticulous crossbreeding, she showed that DNA is far more complicated than scientists originally thought
One great way to study brain diseases? 'Mini-brains' grown in dishes
Read now →The more complex tissue structure offers new possibilities
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Can exercise counteract the effects of aging on our muscles?
Read now →New research is making it seem increasingly likely – to a point
We can use genes to find serial killers, but how much more can they really tell us?
Read now →Using genetic data from over 100,000 individuals, it is now possible to do everything from finding genetic predictors of disease to tracking murderers
💩 The human microbiome
Read now →When it comes to the microbiome, one size does not fit all. Before you go recommending one probiotic over another, you might want to read ahead.