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by gattr 917 days ago
Hopefully, in a few decades: got cancer? Go for a biopsy, wait a week for a personalized vaccine. Even if some cells survive, mutate and start growing again, just repeat the procedure. Cancer becomes a somewhat annoying chronic illness.
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Well, let's hope that repeatedly injecting people with mRNA over the course of a lifetime doesn't create other problems--I guess if the alternative is death, then there's nothing else one can do anyway
Is there any reason to think it would? mRNA is naturally present in the body, and also gets broken down pretty quickly.