‘Talented’ doctor dies while saving swimmer
Gold Coast-based Dr Luqman Jubair's body was found in the water two days after the rescue. He had been part of groundbreaking research on CRISPR gene-editing technology
A doctor swept out to sea while helping with a rescue on the Gold Coast is being remembered as a “selfless humanitarian” involved in world-leading cancer research.
Dr Luqman Jubair arrived in Australia from Iraq as a qualified doctor but his “real passion” was helping others through cancer research, said a statement from Griffith University, Queensland, where he did his PhD.
He was part of a research team that achieved worldwide recognition for being the first to delete cancerous tumours in mice using CRISPR gene-editing technology.
“We are grieving the loss of such a talented and selfless humanitarian who throughout his life always placed others before himself,” the university said.
