Putin announce Russia is close to creating cancer vaccines
Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed on Wednesday that Russian scientists are on the verge of creating cancer vaccines, potentially offering a breakthrough in cancer treatment.
During televised remarks at a Moscow forum on future technologies Putin stated, "We have come very close to the creation of so-called cancer vaccines and immunomodulatory drugs of a new generation." He expressed optimism that these advancements would soon be utilized as effective methods of individual therapy.
However, Putin did not provide specific details about the types of cancer the vaccines would target or the methods involved.
This announcement comes as various countries and companies worldwide are actively working on cancer vaccines. In the UK, the government signed an agreement with Germany-based BioNTech last year to conduct clinical trials for personalized cancer treatments, aiming to benefit 10,000 patients by 2030.
Additionally, pharmaceutical companies Moderna and Merck & Co are currently developing an experimental cancer vaccine that, based on a mid-stage study, has shown a 50% reduction in the risk of recurrence or death from melanoma, the most lethal form of skin cancer, after three years of treatment.
While there are already six licensed vaccines targeting human papillomaviruses (HPV), known to cause various cancers, including cervical cancer, as recognized by the World Health Organization, and vaccines against hepatitis B (HBV), which can lead to liver cancer, Putin's statement hints at a potential new frontier in cancer immunotherapy that Russia is actively exploring.
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