Cancer vaccine could be ready in MONTHS: Melanoma

[john4803]

Cancer vaccine could be ready in MONTHS: Drug giant Merck teams with Moderna to develop shot for melanoma that uses patients' own TUMORS

The cancer vaccine will be personalized according to each patient's tumor cells

It works by teaching the immune system to recognize and attack cancer cells

Data from the latest vaccine trial will be shared before the end of the year.

Pharma giants Merck and Moderna have teamed up to develop a cancer vaccine that is based on the same tech used in Covid shots.

It harnesses mRNA technology that uses pieces of genetic code from patients' tumors to teach the body to fight off the cancer.

dailymail.co.uk/health/arti...

Maybe they can apply to other cancers?

[lewicki]

Wow that is great news.

I have had Melanoma removed from my arm and my leg so far successfully.

I had a doctor at Karmanos state how close my prostate cancer looks like melanoma. Looks another arrow in our quiver.

[john4803 in reply to lewicki]

Yeah, using pieces of the genetic code vs. a piece of the virus, could be a "game changer"!

[addicted2cycling in reply to john4803]

john4803 wrote --- " Yeah, using pieces of the genetic code vs. a piece of the virus, could be a "game changer"! "

Excuse my ignorance since I am clueless but how different is it than other protocols that have been around for some years and in use?

e.g. -- immunsys.com/

[john4803 in reply to addicted2cycling]

This is more like nano technology, using pieces of the dna.

[addicted2cycling in reply to john4803]

👍👍

[larry_dammit]

wow. How cool is that. I’m ready to hear more good news about this and if it will work on prostate cancer 🙏🙏🤬🤬

[ukulele_grandpa]

I'll pass. (pun intended)

[KocoPr]

I don’t see it happening soon for PCa.

For prostate and other cancers it will have to go through clinical trials, but i can see them being able to bypass phase 1 and 2 as dose toxicity will have already been established.

Second; insurance won’t pay $100,000 a shot unless unless it matches the criteria of the clinical trial. This trial the article mentions said it is being tested on post operative patients before cancer has spread. That rules out any advanced cancer patients.

It is the same technology as the mRNA covid vaccine so i can only see it as a government expenditure just like Covid.

I am hoping they do the fast track for all cancers with this once the melanoma trial is done, and approved.

[larry_dammit in reply to KocoPr]

Insurance company is already on the hook for $15k a month for Xtandi so $100k might be cheaper.

[Adlon57]

Interesting? With both Prostate Cancer and Schwannomatosis could be?🤔