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Category Archives: Life stories
Bad blood
Today marked the first day of the Infected Blood Inquiry here in the UK. It’s not typically front-page news and so you may not know the background to the story, but during the 1970s and 80s, some patients who received … Continue reading →
Posted in Life stories, My story
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Tagged #bloodscandal, #contaminatedblood, aids, blood, dad, factor VIII, haemophilia, hiv
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Time out
We have this great thing here in the UK called parental leave. So great in fact, I’m taking some. I’ve just closed my work laptop, turned off the work e-mail account on my iDevices and that’s it for the next … Continue reading →
Posted in Careers, Life stories
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Tagged chemistry, holiday, journal, nature chemistry, nobel prize, parental leave, twitter
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Blood brothers
This post is another of those chemistry-free personal ones; you’ve been warned. My Uncle Jim died a month ago. He was 73. We can debate whether 73 years is a decent age or not at which to shuffle off this … Continue reading →
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Tagged aids, dad, genetics, haemophilia, hiv, uncle jim, uncle john
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My science story (and my Dad)
There is not a lot of chemistry in this post (and not too many laughs either) so consider yourself warned if that’s what you usually come here for. After seeing some of the #IAmScience tweets and reading this blog post … Continue reading →
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Tagged #iamscience, aids, dad, factor VIII, genetics, haemophilia, hiv, man utd, sometimes life's a bitch, thanks
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