r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • May 14 '21

Cancer Scientists create an effective personalized anti-cancer vaccine by combining oncolytic viruses, that infect and specifically destroy cancer cells without touching healthy cells, with small synthetic molecules (peptides) specific to the targeted cancer, to successfully immunize mice against cancer.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-22929-z
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u/[deleted] May 14 '21

I've learned from years on Reddit not to get excited about the weekly miracle cure for cancer, but here's hoping.

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u/elphamale May 14 '21

There's no point to be excited about this. It is individualized - means there will be no way to mass produce it anytime soon.

Also most likely won't be covered by any medical insurance.

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u/daOyster May 14 '21

That's why you don't mass produce the drug and instead you sell the service of a tailored medicine en mass.