Fighting colon cancer: MD Anderson testing use of mRNA vaccines as a cancer treatment
A new clinical trial will test if mRNA vaccines can eradicate cancer for stage two and stage three colon cancer patients. Author: Stephanie Whitfield Updated: 7:59 AM PDT May 20, 2021
HOUSTON More than 100 million Americans have gotten two doses of Pfizer or Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines. Both are mRNA vaccines, which use cutting edge technology never authorized for use before.
Dr. Van Morris with MD Anderson says the technology was developed years before the pandemic. It was originally intended as a treatment for cancer.
“For the example of the COVID-19 vaccine, we’re using the mRNA vaccine to prevent something which the body hasn’t already been exposed to. In the case of our clinical trial at MD Anderson, we’re doing the opposite,” said Dr. Morris, a medical oncologist.
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