New Zealand – Innovative cancer research gets a $600k leg up from Freemasons

The Wellington-based Malaghan Institute of Medical Research has been gifted more than half a million dollars
for cutting edge cancer treatment research, thanks to Freemasons New Zealand (file photo)

(by Ruby Macandrew, Stuff, Dec 12 2018)

A New Zealand research team on the cusp of a cancer breakthrough has been gifted a significant financial boost thanks to the world’s oldest fraternal organisation.

Over the next two years, Freemasons New Zealand will donate $600,000 to support the Wellington-based Malaghan Institute’s world-leading CAR-T cell therapy research.

For Freemasons’ grand master Mark Winger the partnership was a no-brainer, with his organisation dedicated to improving the lives of Kiwis nationwide in any way they can…

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