Breakthrough (2022)

05/19/2022 (US) • Documentary • 1h 30m

Overview

Breakthrough tells the story of a renegade scientist’s quest to find a cure for cancer, the disease that killed his mother. Texan Jim Allison is a 2018 Nobel Prize winner for discovering how to prompt a cancer patient’s own immune system into defeating their disease, but for decades he waged an often-lonely struggle against the painful skepticism of the medical establishment.

Breakthrough (2022)

05/19/2022 (US) • 1h 30m

Documentary

Overview

Breakthrough tells the story of a renegade scientist’s quest to find a cure for cancer, the disease that killed his mother. Texan Jim Allison is a 2018 Nobel Prize winner for discovering how to prompt a cancer patient’s own immune system into defeating their disease, but for decades he waged an often-lonely struggle against the painful skepticism of the medical establishment.

Top Billed Cast

Woody Harrelson

Narrator (voice)

Self

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

cancer

scientist

medical breakthrough

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