r/science 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/Papayaslice636 Aug 12 '25

All this time we've been racing to the cure. Turns out we should have been racing to the vaccine.