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Until now, chemo and radiation therapy have been main cancer treatments but they can also damage healthy tissues. Immunotherapy uses the body’s immune system to fight cancer with minimal harm
A personalised mRNA vaccine would use the body’s immune system to fight cancer.
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Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer.
Immunotherapies, such as cancer vaccines, help train the immune system to fight off cancer.
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This study further highlights the potential of mRNA vaccines in cancer treatment.
Moderna is testing an mRNA vaccine in combination with pembrolizumab to treat melanoma.
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Preventive and therapeutic vaccines both train the immune system to fight disease, but they are used in different ways.
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The same technology found in a widely used COVID-19 vaccine could be the key to helping save wild Tassie devils – without any needles.