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mRNA COVID vaccines may be helping some cancer patients fight tumors, researchers say | PBS News

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 17:07:35 +0000

The vaccine “acts like a siren to activate immune cells throughout the body,” said lead researcher Dr. Adam Grippin of MD Anderson. “We’re sensitizing immune-resistant tumors to immune therapy.”

Tags: #cancer #covid #health #mrna #vaccines

Neil Gaiman's Journal: Iain Banks. With or without the M.

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:49:53 +0000

If you've never read any of his books, read one of his books. Then read another. Even the bad ones were good, and the good ones were astonishing.

Tags: #banks #cancer #gaiman #imported:pinboard #sad #scifi #to:fb #writers

BBC News - Author Iain Banks has terminal cancer

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:35:02 +0000

This makes me very very sad: "Author Iain Banks has revealed that he has late stage cancer and is unlikely to live for more than a year."

Tags: #authors #cancer #imported:pinboard #scifi #to:fb

Komen's Excuse for Defunding Planned Parenthood Applies to Bank of America Too -- So When Will it Sever Ties With BofA? | AlterNet

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:56:38 +0000

To sum up, Komen is perfectly content with accepting millions from an entity under investigation for fraud across the country but when it comes to dispensing a portion of those and other funds to an entity that saves lives but that's facing a sham of an investigation, Komen draws the line.

Tags: #abortion #cancer #komen #politics

U.S. Government Glossed Over Cancer Concerns As It Rolled Out Airport X-Ray Scanners - ProPublica

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:33:03 +0000

A ProPublica/PBS NewsHour investigation of how this decision was made shows that in post-9/11 America, security issues can trump even long-established medical conventions. The final call to deploy the X-ray machines was made not by the FDA, which regulates drugs and medical devices, but by the TSA, an agency whose primary mission is to prevent terrorist attacks.

Tags: #airport #cancer #health #radiation #terror #terrorism #travel #tsa

A random bacterium could help defeat colon cancer [Medical Breakthroughs]

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:45:29 +0000

Tags: #cancer #colon #health #medicine

Cancer Patient Asks South Park Creators to Make Mr. Hankey Official Spokesturd for Rectal Cancer

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:52:23 +0000

Tags: #cancer #mrhankey #nifty #poop

Scientists may have cured cancer last week - more on DCA

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:47:50 +0000

Tags: #cancer #health #medicine

Reversing cancer cells to normal cells

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:58:06 +0000

"A Northwestern University scientist describes new research that used an innovative experimental approach to provide unique insights into how scientists can change human metastatic melanoma cells back to normal-like skin cells -- by exposing the tumor cel

Tags: #cancer #health #medicine #stemcells

Cervical Cancer Vaccine Gets Injected With a Social Issue

Mon, 31 Oct 2005 12:13:04 +0000

Really getting tired of these religious whackos getting a say in public health issues.

Tags: #abstinence #cancer #health #hpv #medicine #religion #sexuality

Long-term aspirin use reduces risk for colorectal cancer | Science Blog

Fri, 26 Aug 2005 18:00:19 +0000

"A new report from the Nurse's Health Study finds that regular, long-term aspirin use can significantly reduce the risk of colorectal cancer, as suggested by several earlier studies."

Tags: #cancer #health #medicine