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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Damon Cronshaw

Targeting high-risk cancers in children with drugs to kill free radicals

Cancer researcher Matt Dun at the Merewether ocean baths in 2021. Picture by Marina Neil

A Newcastle research team has been awarded almost $600,000 to work on extending the lives of children diagnosed with high-risk cancers.

The team, from University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute, will receive the money from Cancer Australia for pre-clinical testing over three years.

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