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How COVID-19 vaccines could ‘turbo-charge’ cancer treatments

Cancer patients who received the mRNA-based jab after starting immunotherapy lived significantly longer than those who did not get the vaccine.

22 October 2025

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RFK Jr pulls $500 million in vaccine development funding

US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr says the administration is focusing on coming up with a universal vaccine, replacing mRNA technologies and overcoming their limitations.

6 August 2025

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UK testing 'world first' vaccine for vomiting bug norovirus

The late-stage trial will recruit about 25,000 people around the world to test the new vaccine from Moderna.

23 October 2024

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Scientists develop new mRNA vaccine to target aggressive brain cancer

An mRNA vaccine triggered the immune system to target brain tumours, a small study showed.

10 May 2024

Health news

From mRNA to attoseconds: The discoveries behind the 2023 Nobel prizes

The scientific discoveries behind the 2023 Nobel Prizes in Medicine, Physics and Chemistry are impacting how we live our lives.

4 October 2023

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UK moves forward with trials of new cancer vaccine in humans

The UK government has signed an agreement with COVID vaccine developer BioNTech to treat up to 10,000 cancer patients with a new vaccine.

6 July 2023

Health news

How scientists are using AI to supercharge mRNA vaccines and drugs

A new AI-driven software has written code for COVID-19 vaccines that trigger up to 128 times greater antibody responses.

15 May 2023

Health news

An mRNA vaccine shows promise against one of the deadliest cancers

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most stubborn and deadliest types of cancer. Could tailored mRNA vaccines help the immune system fight it off?

15 May 2023

Health news

Valneva’s inactivated COVID vaccine gets first approval in UK

Valneva’s COVID-19 vaccine uses traditional technology that may appeal to people reluctant to take mRNA shots.

14 April 2022

Health news

'Nocebo effect' cause of most COVID vaccine side effects, study says

Researchers say many of the common COVID vaccine side effects could actually be down to the "nocebo effect," the negative placebo effect.

19 January 2022

World News

Vaccine maker BioNTech to use mRNA tech to target malaria

BioNTech says the insights it has gained from developing an mRNA vaccine against the coronavirus could help developing shots for malaria, a disease that infects millions of people every year.

26 July 2021

The Cube

Airbnb listing suspended over spreading vaccine misinformation

The hosts were spreading common anti-vaccination narratives, claiming falsely that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines shed from person to person.

26 May 2021