Could the mRNA covid vaccine also fight off cancer? 💉

A new study says yes – showing cancer patients undergoing immunotherapy treatment lived nearly twice as long after receiving an mRNA vaccine.

Michael Le Page explains how this was discovered by accident, and is just one beneficial vaccine side effect in a growing list.

It’s still early days, but as we await more trial results, people are beginning to speculate how this might transform cancer treatment.

Hear the full story on The world, the universe and us, a news podcast for the insatiably curious, hosted by Rowan Hooper and Penny Sarchet.

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