Dr Dori Di Bella is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews. She obtained a PhD at the Queen Mary University of London studying the tumour microenvironment in acute myeloid leukaemia. Previously, she studied Medical Biotechnology at the University of Padova in Italy and worked as a research technician at the Barts Cancer Institute in London, focusing on the genetics of sporadic and familial acute myeloid leukaemia. Dori is now working as a medical writer on different medical education projects across a wide range of therapy areas, distilling complex scientific concepts into clear and concise language that is accessible to both technical and non-technical audiences.
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