Peter Gabriel, the singer and musician, is planning a medical streaming service to beam groundbreaking therapies directly into people’s homes, after his wife was cured of cancer using stem cell therapy.

Gabriel’s wife Meabh, 47, a costume designer, developed aggressive form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma 18 months ago, which left her with agonising tumours, the largest of which was the size of a melon.

After intensive chemotherapy failed, the family scoured the internet for the latest treatments and came across Dr William and Vincent Li, of The Angiogenesis Foundation, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

They suggested genetically engineering Meabh’s immune cells to fight the cancer – a therapy known as CAR T-Cell, which completely cleared the disease in just a single infusion.

Speaking about his wife’s illness for the first time at the Unite to Cure Fourth Vatican International Conference in Vatican City, Gabriel said it had inspired him to create an ITunes-style health platform with the Li’s.

Called ‘The Tap’, it would bring together all the latest technology from thousands of different companies to monitor health or treat conditions such as stroke, cancer, cardiovascular disease, kidney stones or wounds at home.

Gabriel said: “My wife got sick about 18 months ago, with a very aggressive form of non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and we were very lucky because we knew Vince and Will Li and they led us through the maze that is cancer and eventually CAR-T and now she is remarkably well.