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How mRNA vaccines help fight cancer tumors
h/t Instapundit[Medical Press] - Thanks to researchers in different fields who put in nearly two decades of past work on mRNA vaccine technology, people around the world are being immunized today from COVID-19—and hopefully leading us out of this pandemic. Now, because of the increased focus on this versatile technology and that foundation of research, mRNA vaccines for other diseases have an even greater chance of making it to patients. "The whole platform is very, very flexible," says Norbert Pardi, a research assistant professor of infectious diseases in the Perelman School of Medicine. "You can use mRNA vaccines for many things." That includes cancer—which is just one of several areas outside of infectious diseases that researchers at Penn have been investigating. Here's a breakdown of how an mRNA-based vaccine could work to fight tumors, the challenges that need to be overcome, the technology's roots in oncology, and where it's headed. Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-06-25 |
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