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Deevilknievel t1_ivvy38a wrote

Vaccitech announced plans to advance the SNAPvax platform for use in treating human papilloma virus-associated cancer in 2023.

That’s like 50 days away!

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Acceptable_Lie_666 t1_ivx3lzu wrote

To be fair there are already vaccines for HPV

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Sentazar t1_ivx3r1o wrote

But....cancer caused by having not hpv

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Acceptable_Lie_666 t1_ivx47fk wrote

What I was saying is that it’s not a breakthrough. Still, the more the better in this case.

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Yes_hes_that_guy t1_ivx5mfh wrote

The HPV vaccine is intended to prevent you from getting HPV which increases the risk of getting some cancers. This vaccine is aimed at directly fights those cancers which is much more important for the large portion of the population that have already contracted HPV.

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nickram81 t1_ivxy6rs wrote

We know there is a vaccine for the virus. It’s cool that there is about to be a vaccine for the cancer caused by the virus.

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