The Russian Health Ministry recently announced that it has created a cancer vaccine despite the fact that the world has not yet made significant strides toward finding a cure for the fatal cancer disease.
The nation stated that the vaccine would be given to patients at no cost in the first few months of 2025 which would likely be a relief to millions of people if it proves effective.
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Interestingly the vaccine which has been hailed as a major advancement in cancer research worldwide is primarily used to treat cancer patients rather than to prevent the disease.
The Russian Ministry of Health’s Radiology Medical Research Center General Director Andrey Kaprin made the significant announcement.
According to the Russian news agency TASS Russia has created its own mRNA vaccine to prevent cancer and will make it available to its citizens at no cost as stated by Kaprin.
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In early 2025 the vaccine—which was created in partnership with multiple research institutions—will be released to the general public.
The director of the Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology Alexander Ginsburg stated that the vaccine’s preclinical trials had demonstrated promising outcomes such as preventing tumour growth and possible metastases.
Earlier President Vladimir Putin was reported to have stated that scientists were on the verge of developing a cancer vaccine.
The type of cancer that vaccines are meant to prevent is not further described.
