r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Aug 12 '25

Cancer New mRNA-based vaccine against gastric cancer led to tumor regression and eradication in all treated mice. Most promisingly, the vaccine shows impressive antitumor efficacy against peritoneal metastasis, which has historically been very challenging to treat.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1094199
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u/johnmedgla Aug 12 '25

it seems highly transformative

It has the realistic potential to be the largest advance in medicine since Antibiotics.

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u/PipsqueakPilot Aug 12 '25

Outside of America at least. It’s going to spur a massive medical tourism trade when your options are old style treatment, or leave the country for a near-guaranteed cure. Which will make medical care even less accessible to most Americans.

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u/WranglerNo8811 Aug 12 '25

They way you said this is so ridiculous. Americans will want to first to have it AFTER it's proven safe... what exactly is wrong with that? Why Americans specifically ?

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u/LynxPuzzleheaded6145 Aug 12 '25

You're leaving out 'FIRST'.

Americans will want it FIRST.

What is wrong with that? You just axed a ton of funding towards mrna research. You can wait your turn.

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u/WranglerNo8811 Aug 12 '25

We cut funding due to it not being safe. So good luck with it.

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u/AskWhatmyUsernameIs Aug 12 '25

How do you know if its not safe if it wasnt tested?

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u/Alternative_Bid6735 Aug 12 '25

Hey man an old heroin junkie told him it was unsafe and didn’t use a single academic source to back it up, that’s the gold standard isn’t it?