The scientists are credited with saving thousands of lives with their work on skin cancer and called on advertising to stop ‘glamourising’ tanningGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe pioneering melanoma researchers Prof Georgina Long and Prof Richard Scolyer have been named as the 2024 Australians of the Year.Both from Sydney, the scientists are credited with saving the lives of thousands of Australians whose diagnoses of skin cancer would once have proven fatal but are now largely curable.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2024-01-25 10:50:20
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Australian of the Year 2024: pioneering melanoma researchers Georgina Long and Richard Scolyer named as winners
