EurekAlert reports on a potential "Early Breakthrough with Cancer Vaccine":
Lead Researcher Associate Professor [The University of Queensland] Kristen Radford says the vaccine has the potential to treat a variety of blood cancers and malignancies and is a major breakthrough for cancer vaccinations.
"We are hoping this vaccine could be used to treat blood cancers, such as myeloid leukaemia, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and paediatric leukaemias, plus solid malignancies including breast, lung, renal, ovarian, and pancreatic cancers, and glioblastoma," she said.
"Our new vaccine is comprised of human antibodies fused with tumour-specific protein, and we are investigating its capacity to target human cells while activating the memory of the tumour cells."
According to Radford, the vaccine has significant advantages over the current entries in this space. Passing clinical trials is not a small hurdle however. An MIT study shows that 3.4% of investigational cancer treatments eventually receive FDA approval, although that has increased significantly in the past five years.
Journal Reference:
Frances E Pearson, Kirsteen M Tullett, Ingrid M Leal‐Rojas, et al. Human CLEC9A antibodiesdeliver Wilms' tumor 1 (WT1) antigen to CD141+ dendritic cells to activate naïve and memory WT1‐specific CD8+ T cells [open], Clinical & Translational Immunology (DOI: 10.1002/cti2.1141)
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 09 2020, @11:31PM (3 children)
Years ago, on the other website (pre-Soylent), there was an article on a great new treatment for Cancer. A virus that targeted cancer cells. The documentation was thorough and the company looked legit. 20+ years later, still nothing. No FDA approval. Never got past a phase 2 test, even. Stock has gone down and down and down. Including a 1 for 9.5 reverse split.
With stuff like this, it's always too early to get excited. Wait until it passes a phase 3 study and gets approved. Then we can talk about the cost and who will get it.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 10 2020, @03:46AM (1 child)
Consider the same about a purported Covid-19 vaccine.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 10 2020, @03:03PM
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8506961/Maryland-man-says-vaccinated-against-Covid-19.html [dailymail.co.uk]
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 10 2020, @11:16AM
There is absolutely zero business interest in curing or fixing problems. The money is in treatments that make people dependent on the treatment, keeping them alive only long enough to suck their insurance and wallet dry.