Russian President Vladimir Putin said his country’s scientists are “very close” to creating cancer vaccines, which he said could soon be available to patients.
In accordance with Reutersspeaking at a forum in Moscow on future technologies, said: “We have come very close to creating so-called cancer vaccines and immunomodulatory drugs of a new generation.”
“I hope they will soon be used effectively as individual treatment methods,” he added. Vladimir Putin did not specify either which types of cancer the vaccines would target, or how they would work.
It is noted that state research centers, but also private companies, around the world, are looking for the “Holy Grail” in the fight against cancer.
In 2023, the British government signed an agreement with German company BioNTech to start clinical trials providing “personalized cancer treatments”, aiming to reach 10,000 patients by 2030.
Pharmaceutical companies Moderna and Merck & Co are also developing an experimental cancer vaccine. A mid-stage study showed the vaccine halved the chance of recurrence or death from melanoma – the deadliest skin cancer – after three years of treatment.
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2024-02-21 23:49:44