BBCNEWS BBC July 3, 2024
We start this hour with what experts are calling a potential game changer in the treatment of skin cancer. The worlds first personalised vaccine for melanoma the deadliest form of skin cancer has begun being tested in britain. Some other countries, including australia, are also trying it on patients. The treatment, which uses the same mrna technology as some covid jabs, works by telling the body to hunt down cancer cells and prevent them from coming back. Researchers say the jab also has the potential to stop lung, bladder and kidney cancers. More details from our health correspondent, sophie ...