There’s fresh hope on one of the toughest cancers to cure

Advances in personalised mRNA vaccines and AI-enabled detection are helping scientists finally make breakthroughs on pancreatic cancer

16 May 2023 - 21:24 By Lisa Jarvis

Results from a small study of a pancreatic vaccine are promising enough to merit cautious optimism. Researchers are figuring out how to train immune cells to see and destroy cancers — even devastating ones like pancreatic cancer...

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