British man tests first personalised melanoma vaccine
Source: BBC, April 2024
An important trial of the world’s first “personalised" mRNA vaccine against the deadliest form of skin cancer – melanoma – is now under way in the UK.
Steve Young, 52, from Stevenage, Herts, who had a melanoma growth cut out of his scalp last August, is one of the first patients to try the shot.
It is designed to help his immune system recognise and wipe out any remaining cancerous cells.