“If someone can do it, you can do it.” These dying words, spoken 20 years ago by science technician Kin San Lee to his colleagues, Dr Himanshu Brahmbhatt and Dr Jennifer MacDiarmid, were the catalyst for years of research that would result in cures for some cancers.

At their Sydney laboratory, the pair have developed the EnGenIC Dream Vector (EDV), a microscopic “Trojan Horse” that destroys cancer cells, sparing healthy ones, as explained in a 2011 episode of the ABC’s Australian Story . Now, a two-part SBS documentary, The Cancer Killers , charts their long fight against the disease, and against resistance from the medical and business establishments.

“Kin San Lee was an amazing scientist,” says Brahmbhatt. “[His words] spun me around 1000 times. After that, I just sat in the Sydney

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