A pharmaceutical giant says ground-breaking vaccines that could combat issues like heart disease and cancer could be ready 'by the end of the decade'. Moderna, one of the firms that made a Covid jab, said it is confident vaccinations for cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases, and other conditions will be ready by 2030.
It is a move the firm believes could save millions of lives. Studies into the vaccinations are showing "tremendous promise" with some saying 15 years' worth of medical advancement has been "unspooled" in the last 18 months, this is due to the success of the coronavirus vaccine.
Dr Paul Burton, the chief medical officer of Moderna says he thinks firms will be able to offer treatments for "all sorts of disease areas" by 2027. He says his firm is targeting different tumour types through a cancer vaccine.
