Cancer Vaccine Found?
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"It's way too soon to declare victory. No one knows how long the benefits will last, whether people will need "boosters" to keep their disease in check, or whether vaccines will ever be a cure. Many vaccines must be custom-made for each patient. How practical will that be, and what will it cost?"
There needs to be FAR more testing on this before we can throw a parade.
"It's way too soon to declare victory. No one knows how long the benefits will last, whether people will need "boosters" to keep their disease in check, or whether vaccines will ever be a cure. Many vaccines must be custom-made for each patient. How practical will that be, and what will it cost?"
There needs to be FAR more testing on this before we can throw a parade.
Not really a cure for cancer, more like a way to tactically attack it with minimal collateral damage.
I've always been a fan of amputation.
Just sayin.
I've always been a fan of amputation.
Just sayin.
It's not exactly a "vaccine". It's just called that:
"The approach is called a cancer vaccine, although it treats the disease rather than prevents it."
"The approach is called a cancer vaccine, although it treats the disease rather than prevents it."
I'm not sure about a vaccine but I remember seeing a thing on the telly a while ago about possible treatment. This guy came up with the theory of attaching lots of metal particals with a virus that binds with only cancer cells. Then putting the person between two radio wave emitting machines thus making the metal vibrate and expand. And because the metal particals have only binded with the cancer cells it destroys only the cancer cells. Can't remember the source sorry.
Hmm, interesting approach.
There already are salves that increase your immune system's awareness in a localized area (in general though) that can be used to treat certain kinds of skin cancers.
This is the next logical step.
However, considering how every cancer expresses different proteins on its surface and how cancer is able to quickly adapt (i.e. mutate to not express specific proteins anymore), this sort of treatment would have to be not only individual but also constantly adjusted.
Agayek, not really, you can put pretty much anything in vaccines. If you combine it with something your body attacks, it'll "learn" to also attack the thing you want it to.
This is basically the same way that reactive autoimmune diseases are working:
Bacteria or whatever express certain proteins that are similar to our own cells' proteins. The immune system starts attacking these germs but also anything else with these proteins. And *BAM*, you got yourself a case of reactive arthritis.
Anyway, It's not really a vaccine, it just works on a similar basis.
There already are salves that increase your immune system's awareness in a localized area (in general though) that can be used to treat certain kinds of skin cancers.
This is the next logical step.
However, considering how every cancer expresses different proteins on its surface and how cancer is able to quickly adapt (i.e. mutate to not express specific proteins anymore), this sort of treatment would have to be not only individual but also constantly adjusted.
Agayek, not really, you can put pretty much anything in vaccines. If you combine it with something your body attacks, it'll "learn" to also attack the thing you want it to.
This is basically the same way that reactive autoimmune diseases are working:
Bacteria or whatever express certain proteins that are similar to our own cells' proteins. The immune system starts attacking these germs but also anything else with these proteins. And *BAM*, you got yourself a case of reactive arthritis.
Anyway, It's not really a vaccine, it just works on a similar basis.
They have a vaccine for HPV, which is one of the leading causes of cervical cancer. Not a vaccine for cervical cancer.avykins said:
Every few years a group pops up on a the news claiming a major break through in cancer or AIDS research, or some other big name disease. I always figure they are just a bid for more money if they are light on the details.
That is a vaccine for a disease that has a high chance of causing cancer, not quite the same.avykins said:
