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Cancer isn’t like other diseases, you can’t catch it like a cold. Cancer happens when cells in the body misbehave and grow out of control. I study cancer of the blood, an example of this is leukaemia.

Today, thanks to hard working researchers, leukaemia treatment is very successful and many people are often cured! Its my job to look for ways to cure those people who have very stubborn forms of blood cancer.

I absolutely love what I do and I am inspired by the people I work with. Battling cancer is truly a team effort that I am proud to be a part of.

I grow human cells in flasks! Scroll down to see a drawing of a normal human cell.

On a normal day I check up on my cells to make sure they are healthy and to see whether or not they need fed. After that I use the cells for experiments, I want to know all about them, down to the tiniest detail, so I use lots of different machines and techniques to do this.

After I have finished my experiment in the laboratory I sit down at a computer and look at all my results, putting them together so they make more sense. I then edit my calendar to organise my work for the following days.

This might not seem like a lot to do at first, but in science it is important to carry out the same experiment more than once so we can be sure of our findings!