How a tiny worm is helping to find a cure for an extremely rare cancer

Dr Anil Mehta

When the Williamson family from Dundee, UK lost their mother Sue to a rare cancer named phaeochromocytoma in 2003, they didn’t realise that further devastation was to follow.

Of her four children, twins Jennie and James discovered that they also have the faulty gene that cut short their mother’s life. Both twins are affected with inoperable tumours wrapped around vital blood vessels and nerves in their necks.