Australian Story
The Back of His Mind
S19 • E2 Feb 10, 2014 30m
Three years ago, 35 year old fashion photographer David Murrell was told he had just months to live.
A tumour the size of an orange was removed from his brain. It was the worst kind of highly aggressive cancer.
But in a lucky coincidence his own father, a cell biologist, emerged as a possible saviour.
Dr Wayne Murrell just happened to be part of a team in Norway working on an experimental vaccine for exactly that kind of tumour.
"I'm a scientist, I don't believe in coincidence!" Dr Murrell says.
But what happened next defied the odds...
A tumour the size of an orange was removed from his brain. It was the worst kind of highly aggressive cancer.
But in a lucky coincidence his own father, a cell biologist, emerged as a possible saviour.
Dr Wayne Murrell just happened to be part of a team in Norway working on an experimental vaccine for exactly that kind of tumour.
"I'm a scientist, I don't believe in coincidence!" Dr Murrell says.
But what happened next defied the odds...
