Adding Moderna’s mRNA cancer vaccine to a standard melanoma treatment dramatically reduces the risk of death or recurrence.
  • CarrotBottom@lemmy.mlEnglish
    10·
    2 years ago

    It’ll be reasonably expensive, but sequencing and gene alteration is way cheaper than in needs to be.

    If this can actually cure cancers, it may even be worth it.

    The thing is, surely there’s antibody against cancer antigens anyway, in ordinary cancer. A cancer cell expresses epitopes not on healthy cells.

    Why is this better?

    • qarbone@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      but sequencing and gene alteration is way cheaper than in[sic] needs to be.

      …what? this sounds like you’re advocating for price increases.

      • CarrotBottom@lemmy.mlEnglish
        9·
        2 years ago

        Oops, new to Lemmy. But not new to typing, so no excuse.

        I meant than “it used to be”.

        I blame autocorrect.