Summary, Patients will be able to get immunotherapy in the form of a vaccine called nivolumab in just 15 minutes, as opposed to an hour on an IV drip. England becomes the first country in Europe to offer it, with approximately 1,200 people receiving it each month for 15 different types of cancer, including skin, bladder, and oesophageal cancer. The medicine is a monoclonal antibody that attaches to a protein called PD-1 on a type of immune cell known as a T cell. It works by preventing cancer cells from deactivating T-cells, allowing the immune system to target and eliminate cancer cells.
It’s not a vaccine, though, it’s a treatment for people who already have cancer, not a prophylactic. And it’s still delivered by IV.
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However, this treatment does apply to multiple forms of cancer, which is really exciting!
Fun fact: so far they’ve found 7 viruses that cause cancer.
…that’s not fun at all.
True, true.
Anyhoo. You don’t want any virus. Even a “harmless” virus like the common cold can fuck shit up.
