Metro-Jab Hope In Fight Against Lung Cancer
The Metro leads on a different medical story. The paper reports the “world-first trials” have begun in Britain in hopes the new jab will help in the “fight against lung cancer.” The paper has a photo of scientist Janusz Racz, diagnosed with the condition in May, who was the first to get the BMT116 jab at a University College London Hospitals clinic.
New lung cancer-fighting jab tested on UK patient for first time
A new vaccine that primes the immune system to recognise and fight lung cancer is being tested for the first time on patients in the UK.
Researchers leading the trial said the treatment could improve survival rates among people with the disease, with hopes that it could eventually become the standard of care worldwide.
48,000 people are diagnosed with lung cancer each year in the UK, with another 35,000 dying each year from the disease.
Known as BNT116 and made by BioNTech, the vaccine is designed to treat non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the most common form of the disease.
It utilises messenger RNA (mRNA), similar to COVID-19 vaccines, and works by presenting the immune system with tumour markers from NSCLC to prime the body to fight cancer cells expressing these markers.
It is hoped the jab will bolster a person’s immune response to cancer while leaving healthy cells untouched, unlike chemotherapy.
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Editorial 23 August 2024.
A new Alzheimer’s drug has been “blocked for use on NHS” and the BBC has sacked one of its presenters – these are the top stories on Friday’s front pages.
The papers react to news that the new drug will not be available on the NHS due to costs with most papers reacting with shock and outrage. The drug was deemed efficient at slowing Alzheimer’s disease.
News that the BBC has sacked presenter Jermaine Jenas after complaints were made over ‘inappropriate behaviour’ makes the front page of the tabloids – and a common sidebar article for the broadsheets.
Elsewhere, several of the papers lead on other domestic topics including ongoing discussions around the recent GCSE results, ongoing disputes over public sector pay, Britain’s overcrowded prisons and other issues facing the government.