Can We Train the Immune System to Kill Cancer?

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Can We Train the Immune System to Kill Cancer?
May 05, 2025
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In this week's episode, we jump into the emerging field of personalized cancer vaccines. Cancer remains the second leading cause of death worldwide due to its complex nature. "Cancer" actually encompasses over 275 diseases, each driven by genetic mutations that make cancer cells act independently and harmfully within the body. Find out how scientists are using genetics to identify unique targets for individual people's cancers and using these targets to train our own immune system using cancer vacines.