TWiV 1265: mRNA vaccines make cancer treatment great again
Update: 2025-10-26
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TWiV explains studies showing that SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines improve life span of cancer patients on checkpoint immunotherapy, and broad immunity conferred by a vaccine central in A(H5) influenza antigenic space.
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Links for this episode
- Support science education at MicrobeTV
- Immune 100 live at the Incubator
- SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines sensitize tumors to checkpoint immunotherapy (Nature)
- People with some cancers live longer after mRNA vaccines (Nature)
- Immune checkpoint inhibitors (NCI)
- Broad immunity from influenza H5 vaccine (Nature)
- Derek Smith on antigenic cartography (TWiV 99 at 2:53 )
- Letters read on TWiV 1265
- Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
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