Dr Chris Jackson: Cancer researcher says mRNA technology has potential

Published: Oct. 17, 2022, 7:36 p.m.

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Hopes our new knowledge of vaccines will help to cure cancer - within the next decade.

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The founders of BioNTech, who collaborated with Pfizer to create New Zealand\'s most effective Covid vaccine, are working on an injection to target different types of cancer.

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It should be available before 2030.

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The jab uses the same mRNA technology as found in the Covid jab, to assist the immune system to fight off cancer cells.

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New Zealand cancer researcher Dr Chris Jackson told Mike Hosking the development has potential.

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