[Slimbo]

My very basic understanding is you customise the mRNA payload towards the immune system targetting the mutating cells that have caused cancer in a patient (after the cancer material has been surgically removed). This prevents the cancer from re-occuring.

[monocasa]

Right, but the immune system already wasn't responding to the mutated cells, and was obviously exposed to any proteins that would identify them.

[rolph]

commented up thread a couple posts:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26518258