People who live to 110 years and older have large populations of a rare type of immune cell that can kill cancer1, finds a study published today in Cell Reports. It is possible that such cells, called killer T cells, might help people to live to extraordinarily long ages by fighting off cancer — although
A cancer vaccine developed by Moderna and Merck reduced the recurrence of melanoma.Credit: Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg/Getty A personalized mRNA vaccine for melanoma reduced the risk of the cancer returning in a phase III clinical trial, the companies behind the trial announced this week. The vaccine — which relies on the same mRNA technology used to develop
Children in the United States normally get two doses of the MMR vaccine: one at 12 to 15 months, and one at 4 to 6 years of age.Credit: Courtney Perry/Washington Post/Getty Researchers are worried that an executive order signed by US President Donald Trump earlier this week will have negative consequences for children’s health across
The number of influenza infections could be reduced by an mRNA vaccine.Credit: Science Photo Library On 5 August, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval to Moderna’s mRNA-based flu vaccine, mFLUSIVA, for adults aged 50–64, and accelerated approval for adults aged 65 and older. Moderna say it will be available “in a few
People with food allergies are advised to avoid the allergen because treatments are limited.Credit: BSIP/UIG Via Getty Six people who were highly allergic to peanuts can tolerate the nut after receiving a faecal transplant, reports a study published on 5 August in Science Translational Medicine. The small trial1 of 15 people is the first evidence
Half a century ago, biochemists Georges Köhler and César Milstein kicked off a revolution in medicine. Their 1975 paper described how to mass-produce monoclonal antibodies: proteins that can be designed to recognize and bind specifically to almost any protein target1. These antibodies have since become a workhorse of biological research and the basis of blockbuster
