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According to foreign media reports, the founder of German biotech company BioNTech stated in an interview with the media that the company will launch a "cancer vaccine" before 2030.
As soon as this statement was made, it immediately attracted global attention and heated discussion. So, does this mean that after the "cancer vaccine" is released, we only need to get one shot and we will no longer be afraid of getting cancer? Some netizens are also curious whether this "cancer vaccine" is suitable for all cancers? Someone else wants to know how high it will be? The founder of
BioNTech revealed that the company has been developing "cancer vaccines" for many years, especially in the context of the global COVID-19 outbreak in the past two years. The company has also participated in the research and development of " COVID-19 vaccine ". In this process, the company's scientific researchers found that using mRNA technology may be able to develop "cancer vaccines" and have great advantages in preventing cancer.
So, what is mRNA technology ? The scientific name of
"mRNA" is messenger ribonucleic acid. It is a template transcription on the DNA chain, carrying very critical genetic information.
Its characteristic is that after introducing specific antigens into the human body, it can fully activate the body's immune system, thereby attacking and eliminating cancer cells in the body.
Although everyone is unfamiliar with this technology, as early as the 1990s, American scientists had already started using "mRNA" to perform immune enhancement experiments, and the results have always been ideal.
was just at that time. Due to the limited scientific and technological level of human beings, it was not a simple matter to promote "mRNA" therapy in clinical practice. This also led to it being stranded for many years. It was not until recent years that it began to be valued by scientific researchers and became one of the popular technologies in the field of drug research and development.
Through scientific research in recent years, vaccines using "mRNA" technology are not only safer, but also after entering the body, their has a short half-life of and high immunogenicity. They can be quickly expressed in cytoplasmic , making the effect more outstanding.
Seeing this, many friends want to know how expensive this "cancer vaccine" is?
However, what is exciting is that unlike some other new drugs that are often "sky-high" in price, vaccines developed using "mRNA" technology are low in production. Once the technology is mature, they can be put into mass production immediately and can be produced on a large scale soon, which also leads to its final selling price not being too high.
Therefore, the founder of Germany BioNTech proposed the idea of a "cancer vaccine" and claimed that it would only attract everyone's attention after it was released before 2030. After all, most people are "feared when talking about cancer". If there is really such an anti-cancer vaccine, as long as it is not priced too high, I believe that many people are willing to get a shot within their ability.
So why can't cancer be overcome? Is it possible for humans to defeat it in the future?
In fact, the cancer cells in the human body are also transformed from originally healthy cells. However, when healthy cells become cancer cells, they seem to have "super powers". Not only is it difficult to eliminate, but even if they are temporarily controlled, they are easily "rekind".
This is because although cancer cells are transformed from healthy cells, strictly speaking, cancer cells are the product of gene mutations, which leads to different from healthy cells. Once they appear, they will proliferate freely and uncontrollably. This is also the reason why cancer is not discovered in time, or is not treated in time after discovery, and as cancer cells continue to spread and metastasis, the disease deteriorates rapidly.
In addition, when cancer cells appear in one part, it may continue to invade other tissues and organs of the human body. Once cancer cells metastasize, it is very difficult to control them with the existing medical technology level.
Therefore, due to the constraints of the existing medical technology level, cancer will become a global "terminal disease". There is no possibility of being conquered or cured for the time being, which will make people "feared talking about cancer."
The most important question is, can all cancers be prevented?
According to the information given by the company, this vaccine mainly helps the human body activate the immune system, thereby destroying cancer cells in the body. In this way, the recurrence of cancer can be prevented.
From here we can see that this so-called "cancer vaccine" is not injected to ordinary people, but to people who already have cancer and have stable conditions after early intervention, helping them prevent cancer recurrence and prolong their survival.
, and although it is called a "cancer vaccine", not all cancers can be used. At present, this cancer vaccine is mainly aimed at rectal cancer and melanoma, and other cancers are not suitable for the time being. Of course, you don’t have to be too sad, because if this “cancer vaccine” really works, then the development ideas are all-in-one. In the future, people can also use “mRNA” technology to develop vaccines suitable for more cancers.
believe that with the development of human science and technology and medicine, one day in the future, cancer may be completely conquered. However, it is hard to say when the messenger will be right. It may be 10 years later, or 30 years, or even longer. So friends, in your opinion, when do you think cancer will be conquered? Welcome to leave a message for discussion!
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