It's amazing how my perspective on things have changed over the last 2 years or so. I used to be so damn ignorant and thought I knew it all. Boy I couldn't have been more wrong
ELI5: Moderna made a cancer vaccine that is custom for every person.
Doctors read the DNA of your tumor, find what makes it unique, then make an mRNA shot that teaches your immune system, “Attack cells that look like this.”
They combine it with Keytruda, a drug that helps stop cancer from hiding from your immune system.
It just succeeded in a Phase 3 melanoma trial.
Not a cure for all cancer. But a pretty huge idea if it works for other cancers too.
🚨 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Micah Richards learned that his father, Lincoln, had unexpectedly passed away shortly before going live on the BBC for England vs Argentina.
Richards still completed the broadcast, saying his father would have wanted “the show to go on”.
“He was my greatest fan. He barely missed a game my entire life.
He would take me wherever I needed to go as a kid, and he was the proudest parent possible during my professional career.
Dad would’ve wanted the show to go on this evening. And so it did.
My father Lincoln, my hero and inspiration.”