Promising Results from Experiments with a New Cancer Drug w/ the University of Auckland's Associate Professor Jeff Smaill: 5th August, 2026
Recent trials of a new cancer drug to treat lung cancer, have showed some promising results. The research, led by Associate Professors Jeff Smaill and Adam Patterson from the Department of Cancer Sciences, along with Malaghan Institute Professor Ian Hermans, have seen a 30 to 60 percent cure rate in laboratory models of cancer. The drug may even produce a big impact in a range of cancers beyond just lung cancer. So to learn more about this new drug, and the long process of research before it can be made available for use, Producer Theo spoke to one of the researchers investigating it, the…
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