Farah Alam is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, having originally joined under the auspices of its writing scheme. She is currently studying for a PhD at the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (based at University College London), in investigating the use of radiotherapy and immunotherapy in the treatment of childhood cancers. She originally studied Biomedical Sciences at Queen Mary University of London and went on to obtain an MSc in Immunology at Imperial College London. After completing her MSc, Farah went on to work within the pharmaceutical industry, focusing on developing immunotherapies for treating adult cancers.
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Waiting times for NHS gynaecology appointments are causing women to lose out on the opportunity to access IVF, leading to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, and the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority to voice concerns.
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In Beijing, couples using the city public medical insurance scheme, will be insured for 16 different types of fertility treatment, as part of China's response to counteract the country's declining birth rates...
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Two patients who received CAR-T gene therapy over a decade ago are still in remission, the longest follow-up study of its kind has shown...
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