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'''BioNews''', an e-mail newsletter and website founded by [[Juliet Tizzard]] in 1999, originated from ''Progress in Reproduction'', the in-house journal of the [[Progress Educational Trust]] (PET). According to their Twitter page, BioNews provides "news & independent comment on genetics, fertility treatment, embryo/stem cell research & related areas."<ref>BioNews, [https://twitter.com/BioNewsUK BioNews at Twitter], acc 15 Oct 2013.</ref>
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==Funding organisations==
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According to their website, "BioNews remains entirely dependent on voluntary donations and sponsorship."<ref>BioNews, [http://www.bionews.org.uk/page_3022.asp Background], acc 15 Oct 2013.</ref>
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*UK [[Department of Health]]
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*[[Wellcome Trust]]
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==People==
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===Editors===
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*[[Sarah Norcross]], Commissioning Editor, [[PET]] Director, [[Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority]]'s National Donation Strategy Group member
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:Norcross is a member of the project advisory group at [[Frank Furedi]]'s [[University of Kent]], Centre for Parenting Culture Studies.
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*[[James Brooks]], Science Editor, [[PET]] Science Editor
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:Originally a science journalist, Brooks worked with [[Euromedica]] and [[CTPartners]] as a headhunter for the pharmaceutical industry.
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*[[Antony Blackburn-Starza]], Legal Editor, [[PET]] Legal Editor
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:Blackburn-Starza is a PhD student at [[Frank Furedi]]'s [[University of Kent]]. He worked as a policy officer at the [[Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority]], an events organiser at [[Médecins Sans Frontières]]. He defends that "Britain is languishing behind other European countries in the number of IVF cycles provided for infertile couples and Brits are three times less likely to undergo IVF than those living in Denmark and Belgium."<ref>Antony Blackburn-Starza, "[http://www.bionews.org.uk/page_46064.asp UK lags behind the rest of Europe in IVF]," BioNews 06 Jul 2009, acc 15 Oct 2013.</ref>
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*[[Siobhan Chan]], Genetics Editor
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*Dr [[Jess Buxton]], Contributing Editor
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*Dr [[Kirsty Horsey]], Contributing Editor, former Reproduction Editor, [[PET]] Adviser
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*[[Ailsa Stevens]], Contributing Editor, former Genetics Editor, Press Officer at [[Cancer Research UK]] 
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*Dr [[Lux Fatimathas]], Contributing Editor. former Genetics Editor
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*Dr [[Gabrielle Samuel]], volunteer writer, former Genetics Editor, recipient of Society and Ethics Strategic Award from [[Wellcome Trust]]
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*Dr [[Rebecca Hill]], former Genetics Editor, interned at the [[Science Media Centre]] and [[Sense About Science]]
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*[[Chris Chatterton]], former Genetics Editor
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*Dr [[Vivienne Raper]], former Science Editor, ''[[spiked]]'' writer,<ref>Vivienne Raper, "[http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/10321#.Ul4hhLOJR2M The hole where doughnuts used to be]," ''spiked'' 23 Mar 2011, acc 16 Oct 2013.</ref>, worked with [[Department of Health]], [[Royal Society of Chemistry]], [[Johnson & Johnson]], PR agency [[De Facto Communications]], interned at think-tank [[Newton's Apple]]
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==Contact==
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:Address:
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:Progress Educational Trust
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:140 Gray's Inn Road
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:London WC1X 8AX
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:United Kingdom
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:Tel: +44 (0)20 7278 7870
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:Website: http://www.bionews.org.uk/
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:E-mail: snorcross AT progress.org.uk
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:Twitter: [https://twitter.com/BioNewsUK @BioNewsUK]
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==Notes==
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[[Category:Human Genetics]]
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[[Category:Biotechnology]]

Latest revision as of 05:27, 16 October 2013

BioNews, an e-mail newsletter and website founded by Juliet Tizzard in 1999, originated from Progress in Reproduction, the in-house journal of the Progress Educational Trust (PET). According to their Twitter page, BioNews provides "news & independent comment on genetics, fertility treatment, embryo/stem cell research & related areas."[1]


Funding organisations

According to their website, "BioNews remains entirely dependent on voluntary donations and sponsorship."[2]

People

Editors

Norcross is a member of the project advisory group at Frank Furedi's University of Kent, Centre for Parenting Culture Studies.
Originally a science journalist, Brooks worked with Euromedica and CTPartners as a headhunter for the pharmaceutical industry.
Blackburn-Starza is a PhD student at Frank Furedi's University of Kent. He worked as a policy officer at the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, an events organiser at Médecins Sans Frontières. He defends that "Britain is languishing behind other European countries in the number of IVF cycles provided for infertile couples and Brits are three times less likely to undergo IVF than those living in Denmark and Belgium."[3]

Contact

Address:
Progress Educational Trust
140 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8AX
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)20 7278 7870
Website: http://www.bionews.org.uk/
E-mail: snorcross AT progress.org.uk
Twitter: @BioNewsUK

Notes

  1. ↑ BioNews, BioNews at Twitter, acc 15 Oct 2013.
  2. ↑ BioNews, Background, acc 15 Oct 2013.
  3. ↑ Antony Blackburn-Starza, "UK lags behind the rest of Europe in IVF," BioNews 06 Jul 2009, acc 15 Oct 2013.
  4. ↑ Vivienne Raper, "The hole where doughnuts used to be," spiked 23 Mar 2011, acc 16 Oct 2013.
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