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Moderna’s mRNA cancer vaccine works even better than thought (www.freethink.com)

submitted 11 months ago by sanqueue@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] sudoshakes@reddthat.com 22 points 11 months ago

Most modern cancer drug treatment is sequenced to at least the specific proteins of the type of cancer it is.

Have breast cancer? Cool. We figure out which of the many variations so that we can give you medications for that exact type of breast cancer.

This sort of specific targeting has been increasing and increasing for the last 20 years. MRNA is the next step of that and is highly likely to be a means or become or for treatments in many other areas.