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'Universal cancer vaccine' trains the immune system to kill any tumor (newatlas.com)
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[–] loomy@lemy.lol 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

does it work?

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] loomy@lemy.lol 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

OK, can I take it now?

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 day ago

it's still in development