A FORMER KwaZulu-Natal North Coast resident has had a prominent hand in breakthrough multi-cancer early detection test technology ‒ described as a “CT scan” for blood ‒ that could potentially “light the way” to reduced mortality rates and treatment costs.
Wife and husband team Dr Emma Yates and former Durban man Wesley Sukdao have made a pioneering breakthrough in cancer testing. Picture: SuppliedA FORMER KwaZulu-Natal North Coast resident has had a prominent hand in breakthrough multi-cancer early detection test technology that could potentially “light the way” to reduced mortality rates and treatment costs.
However, Enlighten’s Multi Cancer Early Detection test gives perspective on the changing protein levels in the earliest cancer stages and the host’s subsequent response to tumour development. “Landing the grant from the NIHR after all the scrutiny was most satisfying. We had to convince a large number of people that the study was worthwhile.”
Sukdao’s co-partners are his wife Dr Emma Yates, who is the chief scientific officer, and Cambridge Professor Gonçalo Bernardes. Treating cancer effectively has resonance with Sukdao, who lost three family members at a young age to the dreaded disease.He landed bursaries to first study statistics and actuarial science at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and then pursued his BSc Honours in financial maths at Wits University.
He took a transfer and joined the company’s UK head offices in 2014, for the sake of opportunities and expanding his network.
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