Can mRNA be good? – mRNA cancer therapy now in human trials after shrinking mouse tumours

[I spotted this science article where mRNA technology is being used. The author's surname is suspiciously Jewish. Unfortunately this is a paid article. But I am now curious about this.  Jan]

mRNA cancer therapy now in human trials after shrinking mouse tumours

Health 8 September 2021

By Alice Klein

mRNA bound to RNA binding protein

A cancer treatment that uses messenger RNA to launch an immune attack on cancer cells can completely shrink tumours in mice and is now being tested in people.

Messenger RNAs – or mRNAs – are molecules that instruct cells to make proteins. They have risen to fame with the roll out of mRNA covid-19 vaccines.

BioNTech, the German company that developed Pfizer’s mRNA covid-19 vaccine, is now testing whether mRNAs can be used to treat cancer …

Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2289334-mrna-cancer-therapy-now-in-human-trials-after-shrinking-mouse-tumours/#ixzz76DOFfQFN

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