Kirsty was a world-leading scientist developing new classes of drugs that could save tens of millions of lives
One of Britain's top young scientists has died aged just 29 from a rare form of heart cancer originally diagnosed as a pulled muscle. Kirsty Smitten was a world leading scientist set to potentially save tens of millions of lives with her new antibiotic medicine.
Her cancer, cardiac angiosarcoma, was so rare her surgeon had never seen it before. Only two people are diagnosed with it a year in the UK. Speaking in March this year, she said when she first arrived at A&E with severe heart pain she was sent away by the GP and told to take codeine for a pulled muscle.
"They found the tumour but initially they didn’t think it would be cancerous because it’s really, really rare." Months later she was ranked on Forbes 30 Under 30.and the company received an award from the Royal Society of Chemistry's emerging technologies competition. She said at the time: “If we get the new drugs on the market it will potentially save tens of millions of lives.
“As bad as it is, me being ill hampers that. If you take away that drive, is the company still going to succeed?”
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