Coast teacher inspires research

Former Whangaparāoa College students, Drs Yasmin Nouri and Andrew Wilson, are at the cutting edge of cancer research.

Two former science lab partners at Whangaparāoa College have gone on to advance ground-breaking cancer research at Wellington’s Malaghan Institute of Medical Research.

Dr Yasmin Nouri and Dr Andrew Wilson, both aged 28, recently completed their PhDs in CAR T-cell therapy, a revolutionary new type of cancer immunotherapy that reprogrammes a person’s own immune cells to detect and kill their cancer. The institute is currently running New Zealand’s first CAR T-cell clinical...

Please enter your email to continue reading for free

The Loop
Product Name
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

By continuing you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy