COVID SHOTS COULD EXTEND CANCER SURVIVAL

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Could a vaccine designed for a pandemic extend the lives of cancer patients? This is the groundbreaking discovery of a study published in Nature.

Researchers observed that mRNA Covid vaccines, administered to patients with advanced cancers, increased their life expectancy by 75%.

This unexpected benefit offers new hope: transforming an already approved, safe, and inexpensive vaccine into a formidable weapon against tumors. A breakthrough that could revolutionize oncology.

Read on to understand how this innovation could redefine longevity.

SPOTLIGHT

A study from the University of Texas, published in Nature, explores a potentially revolutionary side effect of mRNA Covid vaccines : increased survival in cancer patients. The researchers analyzed the medical records of patients with advanced cancers who had received the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine. The result: several additional months of survival compared to unvaccinated patients. These vaccines, designed to fight a virus, appear to awaken the immune system more broadly, helping it detect and combat tumor cells. A fortuitous discovery, but perhaps a major key to the medicine of tomorrow.

The details :

  • A surprising beneficial side effect : Patients with stage 3 and 4 cancers who received an mRNA vaccine within 100 days of their immunotherapy lived an average of 37.3 months, compared to 20.6 months for unvaccinated patients. A 75% increase in median survival — far beyond the usual results of new anticancer drugs.

  • Possible mechanism: a global immune alert : mRNA vaccines do not directly target cancer cells. Instead, they seem to act as a “scout” for the immune system, stimulating general vigilance and improving the body’s ability to recognize previously “invisible” tumors.

  • Comparison with traditional treatments : While chemotherapy indiscriminately destroys healthy and diseased cells, the immune-boosting effect of mRNA vaccines could offer a gentler, non-toxic, and complementary alternative to existing treatments such as immunotherapy.

  • Validation in mice and convergence of results : Experiments in mice confirmed that combining an mRNA vaccine with immunotherapy made “cold” tumors more visible to the immune system, promoting their elimination. A reproducible and promising effect.

  • Limitations and next steps : The study remains observational: no causal relationship can be confirmed without randomized clinical trials. However, the magnitude of the observed effect justifies urgent clinical exploration.

Key Takeaway :

The therapeutic potential of mRNA Covid vaccines goes beyond the pandemic. These vaccines could become universal, safe, and accessible anticancer adjuvants, offering a new weapon against aggressive tumors. If clinical trials confirm these observations, it could revolutionize oncology by democratizing access to an adjunct therapy that is effective, affordable, and largely non-invasive. A major turning point for preventive medicine and longevity.

HYPE OR FACT ?

💭  Antibiotics always destroy the gut microbiota, without exception

 ❌ HYPE

Although most antibiotics are absorbed by the body and can disrupt the gut flora, some — like cephaloridine — are not absorbed by the digestive system. As a result, they can target intestinal bacteria without affecting the rest of the body. This specificity not only helps preserve overall microbiome balance, but can also steer it toward beneficial functions such as the production of pro-longevity metabolites.

LONGEVITY WISDOM

"Science often moves forward not by answering the questions we ask, but by discovering the ones we never thought to ask."

  — Siddhartha Mukherjee, oncologist and author of The Emperor of All Maladies

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