Former Covid jab tsar tells NHS to launch experimental cancer vaccine trials ... trends now
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Former Covid jab tsar Dame Kate Bingham has urged the NHS to launch cancer vaccine trials which she believes will save thousands of lives.
Dame Kate said that the experimental technology – which trains the immune system to hunt out cancer cells – will be 'ultimately how we are going to treat this terrible disease'.
The venture capitalist said that she envisioned a future where Britons received cancer 'blood tests at Boots' to spot the disease early and then received a vaccine 'at an early stage before the cancer takes over'.
She added that she was proud that the UK was the first country to administer Covid jabs and said she 'would love this to be exactly the same with cancer vaccines'.
However, Dame Kate warned that Britain was in danger of falling behind other countries because the NHS was not giving researchers time to conduct clinical trials.
Former Covid jab tsar Dame Kate Bingham (pictured) has urged the NHS to launch cancer vaccine trials which she believes will save thousands of lives
Her comments came after the announcement last week that the first personalised vaccine for melanoma skin cancer was being trialled on NHS patients. Early results suggest the jab can drastically improve the survival chances of patients with the disease – the deadliest form of skin cancer.
Trials are also underway for patients with lung, liver, kidney, bowel and pancreas cancer.
Cancer experts have claimed that the UK is entering a 'cancer renaissance' with personalised jabs to combat some of the deadliest tumours expected by 2030.
The vaccines are designed to target specific genetic mutations found in cancer cells. This means that, should
