Hope on the Horizon: Advances in Cancer and Heart Disease Vaccines
Cancer and heart disease are two of the most prevalent health concerns facing the world today. Both diseases are responsible for millions of deaths each year, and efforts to develop effective treatments have been ongoing for decades. One promising area of research that has gained attention in recent years is the development of vaccines to prevent or treat these diseases. Cancer vaccines work by stimulating the immune system to recognize and attack cancer cells. One type of cancer vaccine uses tumor-specific antigens (TSAs), which are unique to cancer cells, to trigger an immune response. TSAs can be isolated from cancer cells and used to create a vaccine that teaches the immune system to identify and destroy cancer cells. https://twitter.com/thepakistan2021/status/1645404648688304130?s=20 In 2010, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first cancer vaccine, called Provenge, for the treatment of prostate cancer. Provenge is a personalized vaccine that is created u...