Moderna has a new multi-variant SARS-COV2 mRNA vaccine that generates about 5 times as many antibodies as their original vaccine. It has some Omicron-specific antigens. They think it might be the basis of a yearly vaccine like we get flu shots. Some groups are also working on mRNA flu vaccines, which could be great since the current flu vaccines are not so good.

Not so much corona virus news, but the same team that created the Pfizer mRNA vaccine has created a promising anticancer mRNA vaccine. Another group has created a monoclonal antibody against rectal cancer. In a small trial, 12 out of 12 stage II or III cancer victims were in total remission a year after receiving the MAB treatment. No sign they ever had the tumors! The researchers had planned surgery and chemo after seeing if the MAB shrunk their tumors. Those treatments were unnecessary since all the cancer was gone.

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