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Case Study 2: Doctor Misty Jenkins
This case study is a part of the Indigenous Scientists resource.
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Case Study 2: Doctor Misty Jenkins
Dr Misty Jenkins is a Gunditjmara immunologist and STEM advocate. Her research centres on understanding the complexity of the human immune system.
Dr Jenkins is developing CAR T-cell therapies for aggressive brain cancers such as glioblastoma.
CAR T-cell therapy involves harvesting a patient’s T cells, engineering them to better recognise cancer, and returning them to the body to attack cancer cells. As an Indigenous leader and mentor, she brings cultural knowledge into science and advances pathways for First Nations youth in STEM.
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