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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Andrew Gregory Health editor

‘Real hope’ for cancer cure as personal mRNA vaccine for melanoma trialled

A nurse prepares to give Steve Young, one of the first patients in the trial,  his first jab at  UCLH in London
A nurse prepares to give Steve Young, one of the first patients in the trial, his first jab at UCLH in London. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA

Doctors have begun trialling in hundreds of patients the world’s first personalised mRNA cancer vaccine for melanoma, as experts hailed its “gamechanging” potential to permanently cure cancer.

Melanoma affects about 132,000 people a year globally and is the biggest skin cancer killer. Currently, surgery is the main treatment although radiotherapy, medicines and chemotherapy are also sometimes used.

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