They boost the immune system

Covid-19 mRNA vaccines could help boost the immune system to fight off cancer, according to a study published in the journal Nature. The study looked at the clinical outcomes for over 1,000 patients with late-stage melanoma or lung cancer who were treated with a form of immunotherapy called immune checkpoint inhibitors.

The findings showed that “patients who received either the Pfizer or Moderna mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy were more than twice as likely to be alive after three years compared with those who didn’t receive either vaccine.”

  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    3·
    6 hours ago

    Good thing we cut funding.

    It’s going to be like when Bush shut down stem cell research for no goddamn reason, and we missed out on a decade of research.

  • SarcasticMan@lemmy.world
    32·
    11 hours ago

    But my cousin who didnt graduate high school told me he did the research and everyone who took the mRNA vaccine is dead.

    • 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      15 minutes ago

      no no no it went like this.

      • first COVID vaccines are connected to 5G celluar towers
      • then COVID vaccines caused blood clots
      • now COVID vaccines cause super cancer.

      im waiting to get all three.

    • MagicShel@lemmy.zipEnglish
      9·
      10 hours ago

      I want to argue, but sometimes I look around at the world and think I must be in hell.

  • celeste@kbin.earth
    5·
    8 hours ago

    While those undergoing cancer treatment are more susceptible to contracting viruses like Covid-19, the extended lifespan was attributed to the mRNA in the vaccine, which appeared to “help the immune system respond better to the cutting-edge cancer treatment,” according to The Associated Press.

    Has anyone read about this further? I’m curious how they determined it was the mRNA and not the covid immunity. It sounds cool.

    • FoxyFerengi@startrek.website
      6·
      7 hours ago

      Here is the study.

      This was such a complex study, if I’m reading it correctly. Ultimately they ruled out other parts of the vaccine to find what was causing the immune response “reset”, and found it was only the mRNA that was eliciting the response.

      • celeste@kbin.earth
        3·
        6 hours ago

        Thank you so much for the link and explanation! Just reading the abstract tells me it’ll take a while for me to read through it and get it, so I wanted to make sure to thank you now, haha.