Serendipity 7,821 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 A new cancer vaccine may soon be available to American lung cancer patients thanks to thawing relations between the U.S. and Cuba. Cuba’s Center for Molecular Immunology created Cimavax to treat lung cancer patients. The vaccine targets epidermal growth factor (EGF), a natural hormone in the body that allows cancer cells to grow. By stopping EGF, the vaccine effectively keeps tumors from growing. The vaccine is simple enough for a primary care doctor to administer. The vaccine is a form of immunotherapy treatment — using the body’s own immune system to fight cancer — along the lines of a melanoma treatment Good News Network reported on last month. Cimavax is only available in Cuba and Peru now, but the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York, has asked the Food and Drug Administration to let them study the d--g for safety and side effects — opening the path for it’s use in the U.S. http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/cuban-cancer-vaccine-us-5-2015/#14321391056491&action=collapse_widget&id=0&data= Yes, Now I hope nobody dies of this dreaded disease See talent here-->http://bit.ly/2eqeUxK Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray of Light 8,134 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 The irony of Cuba, a lead extractor of tobacco & cigarettes, finding a lung cancer vaccine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blade 5,603 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 YAASSS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkchylde 14,857 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Wait and see how this gets really expensive really fast so people dying from cancer are still the same: middle class and poor people who don't wanna sell their houses for treatment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Child 18,997 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Soon as Gaga's soon ? Or soon like in a short time ? ‘If religion be the cause of disunity, then irreligion is surely to be preferred.’ ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serendipity 7,821 Posted May 20, 2015 Author Share Posted May 20, 2015 Soon as Gaga's soon ? Or soon like in a short time ? Soon as in So on See talent here-->http://bit.ly/2eqeUxK Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
socotra 3,357 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 My aunt passed away from lung cancer a little over a month ago. This is extremely saddening and inspiring to know - inspiring for the (hopefully) thousands who will benefit from it, and saddening that my loved one came so close and missed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economy 52,956 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 My aunt passed away from lung cancer a little over a month ago. This is extremely saddening and inspiring to know - inspiring for the (hopefully) thousands who will benefit from it, and saddening that my loved one came so close and missed. So sorry to hear that :( Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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