Fara Hassan

🤍 Immunology /ɪmjʊˈnɒlədʒi/ | Academia Universiti Sains Malaysia | Alumna University of Birmingham | Tweets are my own 💭

[Fara Hassan @farazied_]

Happy = hamingjusamur

How happy is the little Stone
That rambles in the Road alone,
And doesn’t care about Careers
And Exigencies never fears —
ED

[Fara Hassan @farazied_]

Our recent publication in the Journal of Translational Medicine (IF : 9.7) @SpringerNature https://t.co/HpfBLiFJ7n

[Malay Mail @malaymail]

Why immunotherapy is the new hope for cancer patients — Norfarazieda Hassan https://t.co/n7XaTyjvLo

[The Star @staronline]

"Malaysia has growing expertise in immunology and cancer science, and with stronger support for research and public awareness, the country can contribute meaningfully to global advances in healthcare." - Dr Norfarazieda Hassan

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[Richard Ker @richardker]

She was born the seventh of nine children in Kuantan.

Her father was a public servant who got transferred all over the country, so she grew up moving between small towns.

Her mother never finished school. But her mother worked harder than anyone she knew, and believed education was everything.

That belief sent Swee Lay Thein to medical school at Universiti Malaya. She graduated in 1975.

Then she moved to the UK and spent the next 20 years chasing one stubborn question. Why do some patients with blood disorders suffer terribly, needing transfusions their whole lives, while others barely feel sick?

The answer was hidden in a gene. Babies are born producing a special kind of hemoglobin that protects them. Then the body flips a switch and stops making it.

Swee Lay wanted to know what controlled that switch. If you could keep it on, you could save millions of lives.

It took her decades. She travelled across the UK collecting blood samples from families. She flew to Malawi to study a single family with 270 members across seven generations. She hit dead ends. She kept going.

In 2007, she and her team found the gene. They called it BCL11A.

That discovery led to Casgevy, the first FDA-approved CRISPR therapy for sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia. A real cure. Already changing real lives around the world.

Last month, Dr Swee Lay Thein stood on a stage in Los Angeles and accepted the Breakthrough Prize, often called the Oscars of Science.

She is the first Malaysian-born scientist to ever win it.
In her speech she said, "As a child hanging out with my older brothers, playing on old railway tracks in Malaysia, I never imagined being here today."

She dedicated the moment to her mother. The woman who never finished school.

A girl from Kuantan. A mum who believed in education even though she never got one herself. A daughter whose work is now saving lives around the world.

That is a Malaysian story.

Tahniah, Dr Swee Lay Thein. We see you. We are proud. 🇲🇾

[Malay Mail @malaymail]

Our silent protector against cancer — Norfarazieda Hassan https://t.co/vBPlSu5Gku

[Fara Hassan @farazied_]

Closing 2025 with a small but meaningful milestone! We just published a review —Biosensor technologies in cancer: tools for early detection and prognostic monitoring in Biomarker Research (IF: 11.5 in Oncology | Medicine, Research & Experimental). https://t.co/ZhkEhdkMYw

[Fara Hassan @farazied_]

Malaysian ex-PM Najib Razak found guilty in 1MDB trial: What we know | Corruption News | Al Jazeera https://t.co/vXgxR70KNn

[Scholarship for PhD @ScholarshipfPhd]

Strategic Thinking: 7 Mental Powers That Create Real Impact

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[Fara Hassan @farazied_]

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[Nature Rev Immunol @NatRevImmunol]

In vivo CAR engineering for immunotherapy https://t.co/mjkQx2VjbS

[Book Therapy @Book_therapy223]

Master what you CAN control

[Psychology Today @PsychToday]

When dealing with passive-aggressive comments, stay calm, avoid escalating, and encourage direct communication. You can't control how someone else acts, but you can set the tone for healthier interactions. https://t.co/JtKPmnUsXj

[Earth @earthcurated]

May the 4th be with you.

[Mufti Menk @muftimenk]

NEW | MAGIC! Protection & Cure - Mufti Menk

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the day is the Japanese ’seijaku’: a calm and tranquillity even in the midst of chaos. Often found in nature’s smallest things.

Photo by Xuan Hoa Le

[Rizwan Romee @romeerizwan]

Excited to share our review on CAR arming of the innate immune cells. Engineering innate immune cells for cancer immunotherapy | Nature Biotechnology https://t.co/MCUbnycSXL