I wonder if my mom will accept this vaccine for her cancer after years of believing all the conspiracy theories about the COVID vaccine. I’m willing to bet that if she has the opportunity, she’ll jump on it.
this post was submitted on 02 Jan 2024
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You are somewhat comparing apples with oranges. Administering vaccines against slow acting illnesses to the sick is different to preventive vaccination. Both are sensible.
The vaccine works by instructing the body to make up to 34 “neoantigens.” These are proteins found only on the cancer cells, and Moderna personalizes the vaccine for each recipient so that it carries instructions for the neoantigens on their cancer cells.
That’s pretty dope
You mispelled "expensive."
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?
but sequencing and gene alteration is way cheaper than in[sic] needs to be.
...what? this sounds like you're advocating for price increases.
Oops, new to Lemmy. But not new to typing, so no excuse.
I meant than "it used to be".
I blame autocorrect.
There's an edit button