NHS patients in England to be offered trials for world-first cancer vaccine
by Andrew Gregory Health editor in Chicago from Science | The Guardian on (#6N64Y)
Jab personalised for individual's tumours hailed as gamechanger' amid high hopes of stopping disease returning
Thousands of patients in England are to be fast-tracked into groundbreaking trials of personalised cancer vaccines in a revolutionary world-first NHS matchmaking" scheme to save lives.
The gamechanging jabs, which aim to provide a permanent cure, are custom-built for each patient in just a few weeks. They are tailored to the individual's tumours and work by telling their body to hunt and kill any cancer cells and prevent the disease from coming back.
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