Catherine Heffner is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, having originally joined the publication under the auspices of its writing scheme. She is currently studying for a PhD at University College London, where she hopes to research fundamental mechanisms of neurodegenerative disease. Previously, she studied for her Masters degree in Biotechnology at Columbia University in New York, and conducted research at the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Ageing Brain. She originally studied Molecular and Cellular Biosciences at the University of Exeter, where she co-founded the Science and Technology section of the student newspaper Exeposé and went on to serve as the magazine's print editor.
'So, forgive my ignorance, but… what do you actually do every day?' As a scientist, this is a question I get asked all too frequently by friends and family. The separation between the scientific community and the wider public is seemingly ever growing..
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A legal dispute over access to NHS fertility services for transgender people has been resolved after new guidelines were issued...
Two rare gene variants have been discovered in a Scottish woman who lives a virtually pain-free life...
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