Cancer vaccines have always come with a frustrating catch. Unlike flu shots that work for millions of people, most cancer vaccines need to be custom-made for each patient. Doctors must extract tumor samples, analyze them, and build a vaccine tailored to that specific person’s cancer. By the time all that happens, months have passed, and …
The syringe contained no poison to kill cancer cells, no radioactive particles to burn through tissue, no harsh chemicals to ravage a patient’s body. Instead, it held something far more revolutionary: a set of molecular instructions that would transform a 67-year-old scientist’s immune system into a personalized cancer-hunting army. Janusz Racz didn’t know it as …
When millions lined up for COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic, survival meant avoiding a deadly virus. Few could have imagined that same shot might offer protection against something else entirely. Researchers at two major cancer centers have stumbled onto a finding that could reshape how oncologists treat advanced disease. Patients with late-stage lung and skin …