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Dr. Tuhina Khan’s journey from a small village in rural India to cutting-edge research in Belgium is as inspiring as her work. At the lab of Prof. Pieter Van der Veken of the University of Antwerp, she focuses on targeted therapies for glioblastoma, designing molecules that can cross the blood-brain barrier to improve treatment options for this aggressive cancer.
Tuhina’s path to becoming a scientist was anything but conventional. Growing up in Fatikpur, a remote village in the Indian Sundarbans, she faced countless challenges:…