08 February 2019

Using a weed to beat skin cancer

Dr Jim Aylward, winner of the 2018 Clunies Ross Award for Innovation, is the inventor of Picato, a skin cancer drug developed from a common weed that has treated more than one million patients.

Dr Jim Aylward, winner of the 2018 Clunies Ross Award for Innovation, is the inventor of Picato, a skin cancer drug developed from a common weed that has treated more than one million patients. He visited his old school, South Oakleigh College in Melbourne, to share his inspirational story.

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