Absolutely shameful. There’s treatment that protects people’s lives, and the government is too mean to fund it. #Cancer https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz9nqppj1llo
The mRNA technology behind coronavirus vaccines is now being used to create bespoke vaccines for cancer patients.
"Cancer vaccines weren’t a proper field of research before the pandemic. There was nothing. Apart from one exception, pretty much every clinical trial had failed. With the pandemic, however, we proved that mRNA vaccines were possible.
mRNA cancer vaccines work by giving the body instructions to make a harmless piece of a cancer-related protein. This trains the immune system to recognize and attack cancer cells carrying that protein. Think of it like a training manual for security guards. The vaccine gives the immune system a guide on what cancer looks like, so it knows exactly who to watch for and remove.
Going from mRNA Covid vaccines to mRNA cancer vaccines is straightforward: same fridges, same protocol, same drug, just a different patient.
In the current trials, we do a biopsy of the patient, sequence the tissue, send it to the pharmaceutical company, and they design a personalized vaccine that’s bespoke to that patient’s cancer. That vaccine is not suitable for anyone else. It’s like science fiction.
The UK was ready. We had fridges and we had world-class manufacturing and research facilities. During the pandemic, we had proven we could open and deliver clinical trials fast. Also, the UK had established a genomic global lead with Genomics England and the 100,000 Genome Project. All doctors and nurses in this country are trained in genomics.
So the UK government signed two partnerships: one with BioNTech to provide 10,000 patients with access to personalized cancer treatments by 2030, and a 10-year investment with Moderna in an innovation and technology center with capacity to produce up to 250 million vaccines. The stars were aligned.
For many years, we believed that research is inherently slow. It used to take 20 years to get a drug to market. Most cancer patients, unfortunately, will succumb by the time a drug gets to market. We showed the world that it could be done in a year if you modernize your process, run parts of the process in parallel, and use digital tools.
We have a trial to stop skin cancer coming back after you cut it out. It’s now completed. We over-recruited again, just like every single one of the trials that we ran, and the trial finished one year ahead of schedule. That’s completely unheard of in cancer trials because they normally run over-long.
What will happen now is that, over the next six to 12 months, we will monitor the people in the trial and work out if there’s a difference between the people who took the cancer vaccine and the ones who didn’t. We’re hoping to have results by the end of the year or beginning of 2026. If it’s successful, we will have invented the first approved personalized mRNA vaccine, within only five years of the first licensed mRNA vaccine for Covid. That’s pretty impressive."
- Dr. Lennard Lee, UK National Health Service oncologist and medical director at the Ellison Institute of Technology in Oxford
https://www.wired.com/story/wired-health-lennard-lee-cancer-vaccines/
@stux @EUCommission this tariff is quite harmful to everyone involved.
A good side effect of this is it may result in people drinking alcohol beverages less. There is always the Yin/Yang.
Drinking #alcohol weakens your immune system and causes liver disease, heart disease, breast, liver, and colorectal #Cancer.
Propublica: National Cancer Institute Employees Can’t Publish Information on These Topics Without Special Approval
Vaccines. Fluoride. Autism. Communications involving these and 20 other “controversial, high profile, or sensitive” topics will get extra scrutiny
https://www.propublica.org/article/national-cancer-institute-flagged-topics-vaccines-autism-rfk-jr
“Scientists have uncovered a surprising role played by long non-coding RNA, particularly NEAT1, in stabilizing the genome. Their findings suggest that NEAT1, when highly methylated, helps the cell recognize and repair broken DNA strands more efficiently. This discovery could pave the way for new cancer treatments targeting tumors with high NEAT1 expression.”
Half a million people worldwide are diagnosed with esophageal #cancer every year. It is one of the deadliest forms of cancer.
A clinical study with significant involvement from University of Leipzig Medical Center shows how the chances of recovery for patients can be improved. “The chances of recovery increase significantly when surgery is combined with additional perioperative therapies,” says Professor Florian Lordick,
Sask. agriculture researcher who died from cancer receives fitting tribute
A new wheat variety has been named after Lesley Oakman, who died from cancer in 2020. The 42-year-old woman worked as a wheat technician at the Agriculture and Agri-food Canada research station in Swift Current, Sask.
#agriculture #research #wheat #cancer #Sask #SwiftCurrent
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.6673453?cmp=rss
New approach against rare blood cancer: Researchers from #CharitéBerlin, @MDC_Berlin & MedUni Vienna have discovered a potential target for new therapies against cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL). Find out more in our Paper spotlight:
https://www.charite.de/en/research/paper_spotlight/new_findings_on_the_treatment_of_skin_lymphomas
Tattoo ink exposure is associated with lymphoma and skin cancers
Tattoo ink transfesr from skin to blood and accumulate in lymph nodes. Tattoo ink induces inflammation, leading to chronic inflammation and increasing risk of abnormal cell proliferation, especially skin cancer and lymphoma.
#Tattoo #Cancer #Lymphona #Health
https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-025-21413-3
"Ingredients that can cause cancer were found in 10 synthetic hair products used in braids, extensions and other hairstyles popular with Black women, including artificial hair from popular brands such as Magic Fingers, Sensationnel and Shake-N-Go, according to a Consumer Reports study published Thursday."
Lynn Dekleva, who recently took a senior role at the agency, once led an aggressive effort by industry to block regulations on formaldehyde.
Make Cancer Great Again!
She Lobbied for a Carcinogen. Now She’s at the E.P.A., Approving New Chemicals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/climate/epa-lynn-dekleva-formaldehyde.html?unlocked_article_code=1.004.5sDa.yVH7syzW0-O3&smid=url-share
How AI-enhanced imaging technology helps better detect and treat breast cancer
Researchers from University of Waterloo have developed a new imaging technology that uses AI to improve breast cancer detection and treatment. Amy Tai, one of the researchers, explains how the technology works and what they're doing...
#technology #medicine #cancer #research #News #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/university-of-waterloo-ai-imaging-technology-breast-cancer-mri-1.7470151?cmp=rss
Pancreatic is one of the deadliest cancers.
New paper shows personalized mRNA vaccines can induce durable anticancer T cells that attack pancreatic cancer. 75% of patients cancer free at three years.
IF this is real I'm wondering how the Sloan-Kettering mRNA vaccine will be offered.
https://www.cnbctv18.com/world/russia-claims-breakthrough-in-cancer-treatment-with-mrna-vaccine-free-for-patients-by-2025-19526110.htm
#Cancer #Sloan-Kettering #Russia
Science must remain free from political control.Good news has emerged in the fight against cancer. Just two servings of yogurt a week may protect your bowels from some specific types of cancer, according to a new long-term study in the United States. @ScienceAlert has more:
waiting for summer 
