Prognosis

First Covid Vaccines’ Triumph Raises Hope for Cancer Fight

  • Pandemic success may wrench open a new field of medicine
  • BioNTech CEO sees first cancer mRNA drugs in two, three years
Logistics of Vaccine Distribution Are Formidable, Says DeWitt
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The first vaccines against Covid-19 aren’t just a landmark in the fight against the pandemic. They’re also the stepping stone for an unconventional technology that could one day defeat other ailments that have eluded doctors, from cancer to heart disease.