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Moderna’s mRNA cancer vaccine works even better than thought (www.freethink.com)

submitted 11 months ago by sanqueue@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.world 36 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (20 children)

I never once thought about it before but how do they select a target antigen for what is effectively a human cell? Maybe they could take a similar approach to Rabies or Prion Disease.

[–] ratherstayback@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

BioNTech is doing something similar. Their approach (and likely also Moderna's approach) works by first identifying mutations in protein coding genes in the cancer cells. Then, they target the resulting mutated protein (that is distinct from the same protein in non-cancer calls) with their vaccines.

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