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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ian Sample Science editor

Vaccines to treat cancer possible by 2030, say BioNTech founders

Profs Uğur Şahin and and Özlem Türeci of BioNTech are interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg.
Profs Uğur Şahin and and Özlem Türeci of BioNTech are interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg. Photograph: BBC

Vaccines that target cancer could be available before the end of the decade, according to the husband and wife team behind one of the most successful Covid vaccines of the pandemic.

Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci, who co-founded BioNTech, the German firm that partnered with Pfizer to manufacture a revolutionary mRNA Covid vaccine, said they had made breakthroughs that fuelled their optimism for cancer vaccines in the coming years.

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