Nazneen Rahman: ‘Science and music are mediums in which I create’

The scientist at the Institute of Cancer Research – and a singer-songwriter with two albums – reflects on her two loves and motivating forcesI ’ve had an exciting and unusual few weeks. My grouppublished a scientific paper revealing a new genetic cause of a childhood kidney cancer called Wilms ’ tumour. This discovery has been of immediate benefit to families, providing an explanation for why their child gotcancer, and information about cancer risks for other family members. During the same period, I also released my second album of original songs, calledAnswers No Questions. On one day, I found myself singing live on Radio London in the morning and talking genetics to the World Service in the evening.Over the past few weeks, I have found it increasingly difficult to know quite how to answer the ubiquitous question – what do you do?Continue reading...
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