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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jane Kirby

Covid could help to cure cancer, new research reveals

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Technology used to produce the Covid vaccine has been shown to cut the risk of cancer tumours returning, new research has shown.

Pharmaceutical firms Moderna and MSD are working on a personalised cancer vaccine, designed to prime the immune system so the body can generate a response based on a person’s specific type of cancer tumour.

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