captainkleenex

What did you do your undergrad degree in and is it relevant to the work you do now?

Were you treated any differently to the more hardened criminals who were in prison for physical crimes?

Pardon my ignorance but what does VAD stand for?

I'm doing an MSc in Regenerative Medicine next year and I have a real interest in using gene eluting stents to try and regrow cardiac cells damaged due to ischemia and using upregulation of particular genes to block ischemic damage. In your opinion where is the field of cardiac regeneration heading towards and what's the next big development?

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Hi Barnaby, any tips for a young person looking to become a journalist? How did you come to cover warzones rather than say politics or domestic news, for example? Thanks for your time.

Do you know where in the body the enzyme you are missing is produced in healthy individuals? Also, if a gene therapy cure for your condition was available would you avail of it or do the inherent risks of gene therapy out weight the potential benefit of being able to consume protein?

This is an amazing AMA, I hope your continuing having a normal quality of life.