Vaccines to treat cancer possible by 2030, say BioNTech founders

Good news! Cancer is history (soon)! Boldness and conviction, the human spirit! Bravo! Da capo!

One of the founders of BionTech is a Turkish immigrant to Germany, the other one is a German with Turkish background!

" ...Prof Türeci described how the mRNA technology at the heart of BioNTech’s Covid vaccine could be repurposed so that it primed the immune system to attack cancer cells instead of invading coronaviruses.

Asked when cancer vaccines based on mRNA might be ready to use in patients, Prof. Sahin said they could be available “before 2030”. ...

The same approach can be taken to prime the immune system to seek out and destroy cancer cells, said Türeci, BioNTech’s chief medical officer. ..."

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