What the latest on mRNA vaccines means for cancer

NPR | By Yuki Noguchi

Published November 2, 2026 at 4:31 PM EST

One patient in a small trial is experiencing the fantasy results so far with an mRNA pancreatic cancer vaccine. She shows no evidence of the cancer that was supposed to kill her years ago.

Yuki Noguchi

Yuki Noguchi is a correspondent on the Science Desk based out of NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C.

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