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Can Vaccines Help Defeat Cancer?

Can Vaccines Help Defeat Cancer?

60-Second Science vor 10 Monaten

From COVID shots to cancer therapy, mRNA is changing medicine.

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Host Kendra Pierre-Louis speaks with reporter Rowan Moore Gerety
about how mRNA vaccines, first successfully developed to protect
against COVID, are now being tested to treat cancers such as
pancreatic cancer. Together, Pierre-Louis and Moore Gerety explore
the science behind these therapeutic vaccines and share the story
of a survivor whose remission underscores their potential to
transform cancer care. Recommended Reading New Cancer Vaccines
Could Treat Some Types of Pancreatic, Colorectal and Other Deadly
Forms of the Disease Why mRNA Vaccines Are So Revolutionary—And
What’s at Stake if We Lose Them E-mail us at
sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or
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Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by
Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode
was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck
fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.
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