"The Covid vaccines were produced faster than any previous effort, and are credited with saving millions of lives from 2021 onwards. The mRNA vaccines Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna were designed within days of the Sars-CoV-2 genome being published in January 2020, and went into safety trials over the following months before finally being approved in the UK at the end of 2020."
"According to a recent study published in Nature, mRNA vaccines seem to trigger a powerful immune response that increases the median survival time by about 75% for certain cancer patients. These findings which are being further developed could indicate the power of repurposing vaccines and medicines that have already passed trials for safety and are available at reasonable cost. How could Covid vaccines play a part in cancer treatment? Cancer develops when normal cells in the body grow and divide without control."
mRNA COVID-19 vaccines were developed and authorized rapidly, with Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna designed within days of the Sars-CoV-2 genome publication and approved in the UK by the end of 2020. The vaccines are credited with saving millions of lives from 2021 onwards. A recent Nature study reports that mRNA vaccines can trigger powerful immune responses that increase median survival by about 75% for certain cancer patients, suggesting potential to repurpose approved, safety-tested, and affordable vaccines or medicines. Cancer arises from uncontrolled cell division due to mutations, forming tumours, promoting angiogenesis and metastasis; the immune system struggles to distinguish cancer cells from healthy cells, and treatments include surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
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