vaccine
Cancer vaccines – where are we?
Posted in Medicine, Science on 15th Mar, 2023
by Alex Muller
Vaccinations (vaccines) have been a game changer in the medical world and human health. They’ve helped protect us from measles and mumps, polio, and most recently COVID-19. They’ve even eradicated smallpox, one of the deadliest diseases in human history. Can they do something similar for cancer?
New partnership to boost research into vaccines for cancer
Posted in Medicine, Science on 14th Jan, 2023
by Alex Muller
New cancer trials to begin using personalised treatment to save lives.
Vaccine shown to prolong life of patients with aggressive brain cancer
Posted in Medicine, Science on 21st Nov, 2022
by Alex Muller
Trial results suggest people with newly diagnosed glioblastoma could potentially be given extra years of life.
Could Covid vaccine technology crack cancer?
Posted in Medicine on 16th Oct, 2022
by Alex Muller
Many promising cancer trials end in failure. It may be several years before we know if BioNTech's treatments for bowel cancer, melanoma and other tumour types really do live up to the hype.
New cancer vaccine finds way to overcome tumour defences
Posted in Medicine on 23rd Jun, 2022
by Alex Muller
The researchers designed the new vaccine to target MICA and MICB stress proteins, which sit on the surface of cancer cells.