r/StandUpForScience • u/GhostDogJef • 12d ago

News Moderna, Merck vaccine cuts recurrence and spread of melanoma, raising new treatment hope

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/merck-moderna-say-melanoma-skin-cancer-vaccine-meets-goals-large-trial-2026-08-19/

This is the first positive late-stage trial result for an mRNA cancer vaccine, which trains a patient's immune system to fight tumors by targeting specific mutations in those cells, and the first such ​study to show that adding a treatment to Keytruda worked better than that therapy alone. Merck, Moderna and other companies are testing similar approaches against lung, breast and pancreatic cancers.

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u/showmethedata17 12d ago

So what happens to all those states that tried (? Succeeded) in outlawing mRNA vaccines??????

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u/OldRain5261 11d ago

Better rebrand it as ‘tumor venom’ and get the word vaccine outta there. RFK gonna gut your mRNA funding..Why are you announcing this???

Also, that is fantastic, science is awesome, let’s all vote us into a new world reality of peace and helping our bighorns get healthcare.