Cancer vaccines are showing promise at last
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Cancer vaccines are showing promise at last

Live Mint  

TOWARDS THE end of the 19th century William Coley, a surgeon in New York, made a surprising observation. Today it is driving efforts to create a new generation of therapies known as “cancer vaccines" that aim to train the immune system to recognise tumours and fight their spread. Some of these mutations in cellular DNA cause cancer cells to produce abnormal proteins, known as neoantigens, which can set the immune system’s alarm bells ringing. The idea behind a cancer vaccine, then, is to introduce these neoantigens directly into the body, thereby training the immune system to see any cancer that carries them as a foreign body, ripe for elimination. A personalised mRNA cancer vaccine for melanoma developed by Moderna and Merck, two American pharma firms, known as mRNA-4157, recently completed phase 2 trials in patients who have had advanced tumours surgically removed.

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Russia develops mRNA cancer vaccine, will distribute it for free
3 weeks ago

Russia develops mRNA cancer vaccine, will distribute it for free

India Today  

Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, Russia has come up with a vaccine for cancer. The vaccine aims to treat cancer patients rather than prevent tumour formation in patients. This personalised cancer vaccine makes use of parts of a patient's own tumour to teach the immune system to battle the disease. Whereas traditional vaccines use parts of a virus to prevent …

World-first ovarian cancer vaccine being developed in UK
3 months ago

World-first ovarian cancer vaccine being developed in UK

The Independent  

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New vaccine could ‘wipe out’ ovarian cancer – what does it mean and when will it be ready?
3 months ago

New vaccine could ‘wipe out’ ovarian cancer – what does it mean and when will it be ready?

The Independent  

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Ovarian cancer vaccine: What you need to know about breakthrough jab that could wipe out disease
3 months ago

Ovarian cancer vaccine: What you need to know about breakthrough jab that could wipe out disease

The Independent  

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World’s first vaccine for ovarian cancer ‘could wipe out the disease’
3 months ago

World’s first vaccine for ovarian cancer ‘could wipe out the disease’

The Independent  

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Cancer vaccine breakthrough as tests show positive results on patients with tumours
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Cancer vaccine breakthrough as tests show positive results on patients with tumours

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. He said: “This study evaluating an mRNA cancer immunotherapy …

New skin cancer vaccine being trialled by the NHS can halve the risk of dying or the deadly disease returning, study finds
7 months ago

New skin cancer vaccine being trialled by the NHS can halve the risk of dying or the deadly disease returning, study finds

Daily Mail  

A skin cancer vaccine being ­trialled by the NHS can halve the risk of dying or the disease returning, results show. In the longest study on the treatment yet, melanoma patients given the personalised jab alongside immunotherapy drug Keytruda were 49 per cent more likely to be alive three years later compared to those taking Keytruda alone – the current …

New £400,000 melanoma vaccine heralds start of 'cancer renaissance' as UK trials personalised jabs for lung, bowel, pancreas and liver tumours... but experts fear NHS can't afford them
8 months, 1 week ago

New £400,000 melanoma vaccine heralds start of 'cancer renaissance' as UK trials personalised jabs for lung, bowel, pancreas and liver tumours... but experts fear NHS can't afford them

Daily Mail  

The UK is entering a 'cancer renaissance' with pioneering personalised vaccines to combat some of the deadliest tumours expected by 2030, say leading experts. Trials are already underway offering patients with lung, liver, kidney, bowel and pancreas cancer jabs that could prevent the disease returning. Steve Young, 52, from Stevenage is of the first patients on the melanoma vaccine trial …

The next big advance in cancer treatment could be a vaccine
1 year, 6 months ago

The next big advance in cancer treatment could be a vaccine

The Independent  

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The next big advance in cancer treatment could be a vaccine
1 year, 6 months ago

The next big advance in cancer treatment could be a vaccine

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — The next big advance in cancer treatment could be a vaccine. For a vaccine to work, it needs to teach the immune system’s T cells to recognize cancer as dangerous, said Dr. Nora Disis of UW Medicine’s Cancer Vaccine Institute in Seattle. Dr. Nora Disis, director of the UW Medicine Cancer Vaccine Institute, poses for a portrait Thursday, …

Cervical cancer vaccine to be launched in few months
2 years, 4 months ago

Cervical cancer vaccine to be launched in few months

Firstpost  

Initially, the vaccine will be made available through the government channel and from next year onwards some private partners would be involved too New Delhi: India’s first indigenously developed quadrivalent Human Papilloma Virus vaccine for the prevention of cervical cancer will be launched in a few months and made available to the people in an affordable price range of Rs …

Will Oxford COVID-19 vaccine be available by year-end? Read what developers say
4 years, 5 months ago

Will Oxford COVID-19 vaccine be available by year-end? Read what developers say

Live Mint  

The University of Oxford's possible COVID-19 vaccine could be rolled out by the end of the year but there is no certainty, the lead developer of the vaccine said on Tuesday. The experimental vaccine, which has been licensed to AstraZeneca, produced an immune response in early-stage clinical trials, data showed on Monday, preserving hopes it could be in use by …

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