‘Super-charged’ immune cells in promising new treatment for melanoma

Source: The West Australian, December 2021

December – and the start of summer – is readily welcomed by most West Australians. But along with our enviable outdoor lifestyle and ample sunshine is one far from desirable reality: melanoma.

Melanoma is currently the third most diagnosed cancer in Australia and is one of the most common cancers found in young adults. Australia has the highest rate in the world of the deadly skin cancer, with 1400 people diagnosed each year.

And up until recently, Sweden had a world leading expert in melanoma, Professor Jonas Nilsson.

Professor Nilsson came to WA’s Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research from Gothenburg, Sweden in 2020 to take up the position of the inaugural Chair of Melanoma Discovery. His aim? To improve the survival for melanoma patients in WA.

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