Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed that Russia is close to producing vaccines against cancer, saying: “We are close to developing so-called ‘anti-cancer vaccines or anti-cancer vaccines’ and a new generation of immunomodulatory drugs.”
In a speech during his participation in the Future Technology Forum, Putin expressed his hope that this vaccine would soon be used for individual treatment. While he did not specify the types of cancers that the prospective vaccines target or how they work.
According to Reuters, Russian scientists are on the verge of producing cancer vaccines that could be available to patients soon.
The state provides support for medical and therapeutic projects to meet national needs in the field of health and science in anticipation of any disease or global epidemic.
Putin noted that more than 500 cancer treatment centers have been opened across Russia in the past five years.
“High standards have been set in terms of diagnosis and treatment across the country. As a result, more than half of all tumor cases are now detected in the initial stages,” he added.
An upcoming therapeutic revolution
It is noteworthy that a number of countries and pharmaceutical companies are working on cancer vaccines. Last year, the United Kingdom signed a cooperation agreement with the German-based company “BioNTech” to begin clinical trials that would provide treatments “tailored to each patient” and aim to reach ten thousand patients by 2030.
Moderna and Merck & Co. are also working to develop an experimental vaccine that reduces the chances of death or recurrence of skin cancer, which is the deadliest type of cancer, by half.
Currently, there are six drugs licensed against human papilloma viruses (HPV), which cause many types of cancer, including cervical tumors, in addition to other vaccines against hepatitis of all types, which can cause liver cancer.
On the other hand, the World Health Organization announced on World Cancer Day on February 4 that one in every 5 people will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime, divided between one in every 9 men being diagnosed with cancer and one in every 12 women suffering from the disease.
It is estimated that the year 2022 witnessed about 20 million new cancer cases and 9.7 million deaths.
2024-02-15 09:03:00
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