'Is Ian cured? Maybe': the astonishing cancer treatment of Australia's chief scientist

Ian Chubb was diagnosed with metastatic kidney cancer and his prognosis was grim. But now, as far as his oncologist can tell, he is cancer-free

"One of my kids said to me it was the first time in their life they saw me scared," says Ian Chubb, recalling a time he found himself almost unable to breathe after walking for just a few dozen metres.

Perhaps more than any other living Australian, Chubb has dedicated his life to championing science.