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Moderna's experimental cancer vaccine treats but doesn't prevent melanoma – a biochemist explains how it works

  • Written by Mark R. O'Brian, Professor and Chair of Biochemistry, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo
Moderna's experimental cancer vaccine treats but doesn't prevent melanoma – a biochemist explains how it worksModerna is testing an mRNA vaccine in combination with pembrolizumab to treat melanoma.Javier Zayas Photography/Moment via Getty Images

Mediaoutlets have reported the encouraging findings of clinical trials for a new experimental vaccine developed by the biotech company Moderna to treat an aggressive type of skin cancer called melanoma.

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