Bacteria are being used to target tumours, enhance chemotherapy and deliver cancer drugs. Here’s where the science is up to.
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Until now, chemo and radiation therapy have been main cancer treatments but they can also damage healthy tissues. Immunotherapy uses the body’s immune system to fight cancer with minimal harm
Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer.
This study further highlights the potential of mRNA vaccines in cancer treatment.
Preventive and therapeutic vaccines both train the immune system to fight disease, but they are used in different ways.
The same technology found in a widely used COVID-19 vaccine could be the key to helping save wild Tassie devils – without any needles.
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Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University
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veterinarian, University of Tasmania
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Research officer, The University of Queensland
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Senior Research Fellow in Immunology, University of Tasmania
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Senior Research Fellow, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute
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Associate Professor, GESA Bushell Research Fellow, University of Adelaide and Principal Research Fellow, Precision Cancer Medicine, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute
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Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry, University at Buffalo