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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to Science@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months ago

'Universal cancer vaccine' trains the immune system to kill any tumor

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'Universal cancer vaccine' trains the immune system to kill any tumor

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to Science@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months ago
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Following on from their breakthrough human trial that successfully reprogrammed the immune system to overpower glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor, the same scientists have now further developed the mRNA vaccine to fight not one but any cancer. It has the potential to do away with chemotherapy,…
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    even a vaccine not specific to any particular tumor or virus – so long as it is an mRNA vaccine – could lead to tumor-specific effects

    Basically, the vaccine would train the immune system to recognize general properties associated with a broad range of tumors.

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      OK, can I take it now?

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        it’s still in development

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