The teamwork that solved a life-and-death puzzle

It’s been almost 30 years since a team joined forces to investigate a particularly aggressive form of stomach cancer that was afflicting one Tauranga whānau. Kimi Hauora Health and Research Clinic in Tauranga and University of Otago geneticists together found the cancer-causing genetic change, helping save thousands of lives worldwide. Justine Murray is at Mangatawa Marae with Maybelle McLeod and Erin Gardiner to reflect on that time, and Professor Parry Guilford discusses those first formative years.

Guests:

• Maybelle McLeod, CEO and Nurse at Kimi Hauora Health and Research Clinic
• Erin Gardiner, Nurse at Kimi HauoraHealth and Research Clinic
• Professor Parry Guilford, Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago

Learn more:

• Read the accompanying article, Solving a genetic cancer puzzle.
• Read the press release about the 2023 Prime Minister's Science Prizes
• Read here about the history of Mangatawa Marae
• RNZ interview following the 2023 Prime Ministers Science Prizes

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