ZoomBubba Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 Quote After decades of limited success, scientists say research has reached a turning point, with many predicting more vaccines will be out in five years. These aren't traditional vaccines that prevent disease, but shots to shrink tumors and stop cancer from coming back. Targets for these experimental treatments include breast and lung cancer, with gains reported this year for deadly skin cancer melanoma and pancreatic cancer. Quote More than ever, scientists understand how cancer hides from the body's immune system. Cancer vaccines, like other immunotherapies, boost the immune system to find and kill cancer cells. And some new ones use mRNA, which was developed for cancer but first used for COVID-19 vaccines. Quote For a vaccine to work, it needs to teach the immune system's T cells to recognize cancer as dangerous, said Dr. Nora Disis of UW Medicine's Cancer Vaccine Institute in Seattle. Once trained, T cells can travel anywhere in the body to hunt down danger. Quote More vaccines that prevent cancer may be ahead too. Decades-old hepatitis B vaccines prevent liver cancer and HPV vaccines, introduced in 2006, prevent cervical cancer. Quote Others are developing vaccines to prevent cancer in people with precancerous lung nodules and other inherited conditions that raise cancer risk. Quote One of the first to receive the ovarian cancer vaccine in a safety study 11 years ago was Jamie Crase of nearby Mercer Island. Diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer when she was 34, Crase thought she would die young and had made a will that bequeathed a favorite necklace to her best friend. Now 50, she has no sign of cancer and she still wears the necklace. Link: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vaccines-cancer-treatment-could-be-next-big-advancement/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberbully Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 I have to reserve an opinion on this...while im sure this is great news to those suffer with cancer.....i just cant believe we (america) would actually back a cure. cynicism. I know. But i just cant celebrate yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katt_goddess Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 11 hours ago, cyberbully said: I have to reserve an opinion on this...while im sure this is great news to those suffer with cancer.....i just cant believe we (america) would actually back a cure. cynicism. I know. But i just cant celebrate yet. Oh, we'd back it. But the cost would be so beyond the reach of those that would actually contribute to society by living longer that it would never reach us. Medical can make more by dragging out all the various treatments and charging everyone they can up the butt with a thousand bills while the rich could roll right up for that golden shot and go back to spending money trying to die in more interesting ways. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1pooh4u Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 The anti vaccine crowd is gonna love that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Gun Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 26 minutes ago, 1pooh4u said: The anti vaccine crowd is gonna love that Darwinism in action. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katt_goddess Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 41 minutes ago, 1pooh4u said: The anti vaccine crowd is gonna love that The anti-vaccine crowds are already trying to figure out how to legislate that tumors should have more rights than their hosts because they grow and sometimes the doctors ask you if you've named the little bastards before they nuke-n-scoop 'em. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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