Vaccines could theoretically be used to train the immune system to essentially attack cancer cells in much the same way we already use immunotherapy. Though as far as I understand it, we have yet to fully develope one.
I’m a bit concerned about that TBH. I’m not a doctor or medical researcher though so if they make one I’ll probably be an early adopter anyway. But since cancer cells are body cells with a problem, it feels like a screw up on a cancer vaccine would just lead to some exciting new autoimmune disease.
Russia has a mRNA cancer ‘vaccine’ that is being developed and is to be free for Russian civilians.
Albeit it using the term ‘vaccine’ might be incorrect as it is to use artificial intelligence to create a personalised treatment based on a genetic analysis of one’s tumor. The ‘vaccine’ then trains the immune system to identify and destroy cancer cells by producing the specific antibodies. This allows for treatment of many but not all types of cancer.
Also, fuck cancer. (Cancer vaccines may be next, the end of the article.)
I see this often, but cancer isn’t caused by a viral infection. Are there vaccines that exist to prevent non-viral related diseases?
Not true at all. Viruses do induce cancer, likely much more than we realise. HPV is the clearest example, but also EBV and Hep B https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-019-0558-9
There are also several cancer vaccines showing success in stage 3 trials: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41591-023-00072-0
That’s not actually true. There’s a bunch of viruses that can cause cancer:
https://www.cancer.org/cancer/risk-prevention/infections/infections-that-can-lead-to-cancer/viruses.html
So we’d be vaccinating those infections, not cancer itself
Fine by me.
Some of them can be. HPV is the typical cause of cervical cancer, which is the one I can think of off the top of my head.
Vaccines could theoretically be used to train the immune system to essentially attack cancer cells in much the same way we already use immunotherapy. Though as far as I understand it, we have yet to fully develope one.
I’m a bit concerned about that TBH. I’m not a doctor or medical researcher though so if they make one I’ll probably be an early adopter anyway. But since cancer cells are body cells with a problem, it feels like a screw up on a cancer vaccine would just lead to some exciting new autoimmune disease.
Russia has a mRNA cancer ‘vaccine’ that is being developed and is to be free for Russian civilians.
Albeit it using the term ‘vaccine’ might be incorrect as it is to use artificial intelligence to create a personalised treatment based on a genetic analysis of one’s tumor. The ‘vaccine’ then trains the immune system to identify and destroy cancer cells by producing the specific antibodies. This allows for treatment of many but not all types of cancer.
So more of an advanced treatment.