The Russian government has announced the creation of a vaccine against cancer.
The Russian Health Ministry said on Tuesday that we have successfully made a cancer vaccine. This information was given on the radio by Andrei Kaprin, director of the Medical Research Center of Radiology of the Russian Ministry of Health. According to the Russian news agency TASS, this vaccine will be administered free of charge to Russian citizens starting next year.
Director Andrei said that Russia has developed its own mRNA vaccine against cancer. This discovery of Russia is considered the greatest discovery of the century. Clinical trials of the vaccine have shown that it helps prevent tumor growth.
Earlier this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia was close to producing a cancer vaccine.
What is the mRNA vaccine? mRNA or messenger RNA is a small part of the human genetic code, which makes proteins in our cells. It can also be understood in simple language that when a virus or bacteria attacks our body, mRNA technology sends a message to our cells to make proteins to fight that virus or bacteria.
Through this, our immune system gets the essential proteins it needs and antibodies are formed in our body. Its biggest advantage is that it allows the vaccine to be manufactured more quickly than the conventional vaccine. Along with this, the body’s immunity is also strengthened. This is the first cancer vaccine based on mRNA technology.
Previously, Covid-19 vaccines were manufactured based on this technology.
The vaccine is not given before but after the cancer, cancer specialist Dr. Mauri Markman says it is biologically impossible to make a cancer vaccine. There can be no vaccine for cancer because cancer is not a disease. It is the result of thousands of different conditions in the body.
However, vaccines play an important role in preventing certain cancers. These vaccines are essential tools to protect cancer patients during treatment. Because the risk of other diseases increases for a cancer patient during treatment.
The particularity of the cancer vaccine is that it is never administered before the appearance of cancer, but rather to people with cancerous tumors. This vaccine helps our immune system recognize what cancer cells look like.
Why is it difficult to make a cancer vaccine?
Cancer cells are made of molecules that suppress immune cells. Even if a vaccine activates immune cells, they may not be able to enter the tumor. Cancer cells are like normal cells and therefore the immune system does not consider them dangerous. This makes it difficult for the immune system to determine which one to attack. If the cancer antigen is present on both normal and abnormal cells, the vaccine begins to attack both. This causes a lot of damage to the body. Sometimes the cancerous tumor grows so large that the immune system is unable to fight it. Some people’s immune systems are very weak, so many people cannot recover even after receiving the vaccine.
In India, more women than men suffer from cancer. In 2022, 14.13 million new cases of cancer were reported in India. Among them, cancer was detected in 7.22 lakh women and 6.91 lakh men. In 2022, 9.16 lakh patients died of cancer.
The number of cancer patients will increase by 12% in India in 5 years. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) estimates that the number of cancer patients will increase by 12% in the country in 5 years, but the biggest challenge is falling victim to it. to cancer at an early age. According to a study published in Nature Journal, one of the main causes of cancer at an early age is our lifestyle.
According to data from the World Cancer Observatory, breast, prostate and thyroid cancers are more common before the age of 50. The highest number of cases of breast, oral, uterine and lung cancer are reported in India.
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