Cancer vaccine may be ready by 2030, say founders of BioNTech

[cesces]

That's only 8 years away.

They don't talk specifically about prostate cancer

But prostate cancer is a bg target with big numbers. Lots of money there so it should be an early target.

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Cancer vaccine may be ready by 2030, say founders of COVID vaccine makers BioNTech

Development of a cancer vaccine may be accelerated by BioNTech's COVID work.

"We feel that a cure for cancer or to changing cancer patients' lives is in our grasp," professor Ozlem Tureci told BBC News in an interview over the weekend. Her husband, professor Ugur Sahin, with whom she cofounded the German pharmaceutical company BioNTech, said he thought cancer vaccines could be widely available "before 2030."

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[KingNeptune]

Hopefully it will be more effective than the so called Covid Vaccine with its never ending boosters.

[cesces in reply to KingNeptune]

We should be so lucky

[Runner1957 in reply to KingNeptune]

I would swap a 3 monthly hormone injection for a 3 monthly injection that cures though.

[Bkraus1]

BioNTech already completed a phase I study with mRNA and prostate cancer. I have never seen any posted results so I assume it failed.

[cesanon in reply to Bkraus1]

"BioNTech already completed a phase I study with mRNA and prostate cancer. I have never seen any posted results so I assume it failed."

Why do you think that?

"Phase I studies of a new drug are usually the first that involve people. Phase I studies are done to find the highest dose of the new treatment that can be given safely without causing severe side effects."

You think maybe the treatment had too strong side effects?

Maybe some other reason results you didn't see results?

[Bkraus1 in reply to cesanon]

Researchers rarely report negative results. There are no positive results on mRNA vaccines and prostate cancer. The proMERIT study is ongoing but with no published results would indicate it doesn’t work. I certainly hope this gets figured out, but with no promising phase I results, expectations that this will be solved in 8 years is highly unlikely.

[cesces in reply to Bkraus1]

failing phase 1 would mean issues with side effects, not effectiveness

[Scout4answers in reply to cesces]

Not ready for prime time... but a cure is coming

[cesanon]

Glad to see you back.

[larry_dammit]

wow, hope it’s before, 6 years in now on stage 4, not sure I can hold out another 8 years. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[GreenStreet]

let’s hope so! Hang on in there. I saw the interview. They were very positive.

[London441]

This looks good for future generations. For us, probably not applicable.

A really long life always looks really attractive until you get there. Solving for cancer is exciting, but my body’s getting old a lot faster than I am, despite my stellar habits.

Solving for decrepitude- now there’s something I can get behind.

60 may be the new 40, but 89 is still the new 88.

[Daveofnj]

For men with confined disease, has injecting antiandrogens directly into the prostate ever been tried?

[cesces in reply to Daveofnj]

for blocking types that might be an

that block at the receptor

[Steveo3312]

msn.com/en-us/health/medica...

[Tonwantonga]

Sounds good, can i have my testosterone back after my vaccine?

[cesces in reply to Tonwantonga]

you would think

but maybe not

[gsun]

a vaccine is preventative not a cure. It won’t do us any good but maybe it will for our kids.

[cesanon in reply to gsun]

Au contraire

It teaches the body to fight against targeted antigens.

It's almost certain that they will use it to target things on the surface of prostate cancer cells that are body isn't currently fighting.

Seems a bigger issue would be autoimmune problems.

Maybe that's why it failed its initial phase 1 trial.

[cesces]

Over many decades of medical breakthroughs, every now and then we hear hopeful news of possible cancer cures. But for many people, especially those who lost loved ones, the hope has been frustrated. Now, there's another positive development to report on. It concerns cancer vaccines.

Dr. Nora Disis is a University of Washington professor of Medicine and Oncology, and the director of the UW Medicine Cancer Vaccine Institute. She told KUOW’s Kim Malcolm about her work.

This interview has been edited for clarity.

Kim Malcolm: You had a mention this week in a New York Times article. It had a rather provocative headline, "After Giving Up on Cancer Vaccines, Doctors Start to Find Hope." Is that an accurate overview? Did you and other doctors you know give up on cancer vaccines?

KUOW - UW cancer researcher tells us, ‘it’s been a ride.’ She’s hopeful about cancer vaccine prospects

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