Chrissie Giles studied biochemistry at the University of Leeds. Concluding that clumsiness and practical science do not mix, she completed a Master’s in science communication in 2003 and has been working as a writer and editor ever since. Her editorial career began in a medical communications agency and, via a brief stint in the heady world of motor caravan journalism, she now writes and edits stories on biology and medicine for the Wellcome Trust, and is Editor of Mosaic.
For Mosaic, she has written ‘Breaking bad news’, which looks at the practical, emotional and professional challenges doctors face when telling patients that they are seriously ill. In ‘How we became the heaviest drinkers in a century’, Chrissie trawls her teenage diaries and speaks to alcohol experts to try and understand why she was part of the UK generation that reached ‘Peak Booze’.
Researchers at one of the UK’s leading genetics centres tell us about their serendipitous findings.
Seventeen years since the first draft of the human genome, our genes are giving up their secrets and bringing hope to parents around the world.
Body-focused repetitive behaviours blight many people’s lives.
Organ donation can save lives, but are religious taboos potentially limiting the number of organs available?
More and more people are donating organs, but demand still far exceeds supply. What can the world learn from the country that does it best?
