Support Cancer Research Breakthroughs
Chemotherapy kills cancer cells, but it can also kill healthy ones. This can lead to patients suffering from infections and experiencing long-term side-effects, because their immune system is suppressed from the aggressive treatment. But research led by Associate Professor Ingrid Winkler and her team at Mater Research have made a breakthrough.
They discovered how to ‘flick a biological switch’ that unleashes a person’s immune system, giving good cells extra protection against the potential harm from chemotherapy.
Associate Professor Winkler: “This has the potential to help cancer patients recover faster from their chemotherapy.”
After being diagnosed with breast cancer when she was just 32, mother-of-two Simone knows first-hand just how important this breakthrough is to those undergoing chemotherapy.
Simone: “Trying to get better was the hardest thing I’ve ever done; it was painful and it was emotionally draining.”
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