• Question: Why did you decide to research curing cancer drugs?

    Asked by Zaz? to Steven on 10 Nov 2016.
    • Photo: Steven Street

      Steven Street answered on 10 Nov 2016:

      Hi Zaz,

      That’s a very good question!

      I have always wanted to help make the world a better place. It’s why I became a chemist, and it’s why I chose to work on this project developing new anti-cancer drugs.

      I think cancer is a terrible disease… it’s responsible for 1 in 3 deaths in the UK and it’s predicted that 1 in every 2 people born after 1960 will be diagnosed with some form of cancer in their lifetime:

      (http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-us/cancer-news/press-release/2015-02-04-1-in-2-people-in-the-uk-will-get-cancer)

      That has to be one of the most depressing statistics that you will ever read, and clearly it’s a terrible disease that rips families apart and causes so much pain and suffering. Everyone knows someone who is affected by it. Clearly we as scientists need to do everything we can to change that statistic!

      Hope that answers your question? 🙂
      Steve

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