Will an mRNA vaccine for cancer be available by 2024?
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Will mRNA technology be used to implement a commercially available vaccine for cancer (any type) by the end of 2024?

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[1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35835100/

[2] https://molecular-cancer.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12943-021-01335-5

[3] https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2021.679344/full

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I think they'll work but phase 3 will be at least two years long and it hasn't started yet.

Even if there was something known to work right now, it would take longer than two years (probably longer than 5) to get through the FDA

Vaccines to treat cancer possible by 2030, say BioNTech founders: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/oct/16/vaccines-to-treat-cancer-possible-by-2030-say-biontech-founders

Moderna's CEO recently said that "what we’re doing now is comparing [Merck’s] Keytruda immunotherapy with Moderna [mRNA vaccine] plus Keytruda. We’ll share that data in the fourth quarter"
https://www.wsj.com/articles/modernas-ceo-on-its-new-covid-19-booster-prospects-for-cancer-vaccines-11663339811?st=p9hfwwo5y886buu&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

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