Oct 23, 2025
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Jorge Alcalde, Science Communicator: "Covid-19 vaccine could help fight cancer better in future, parts of our immune system reactivated"
A surprising discovery reveals how a messenger RNA vaccine could enhance immunotherapy for cancer patients, opening a new path of hope
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In the program 'La Linterna', commentator Angel Exposito, together with scientific communicator Jorge Alcalde, discovered a surprising discovery that links vaccines against Covid-19 to the fight against cancer.These types of vaccines, based on messenger RNA, have shown an unexpected but promising effect in cancer patients receiving immunotherapy, because they fight tumors and improve the body's response.The discovery, although still in the study phase, represents a new horizon of hope in oncology treatments.
An invention for hope
Research carried out in several countries showed “similar” results, says Alcalde.For example, in lung cancer patients undergoing immunotherapy, those who received the Covid-19 vaccine lived on average two more years.This progress, presented at the European Society of Medical Oncology conference, confirms that “there is a direct reaction between this vaccine and our body's ability to respond to cancer”, explained the communicator.since he
"There is a direct correlation between this immunity and our body's ability to respond to cancer."
How does this synergy work?
In order to understand this relationship, Jarrer Alsale explained the difference between traditional vaccines and MLAs.The former "invader" included the "insolent" RN, which "doesn't introduce you to your enemy.""Instead of that, the cells of the body learn to appreciate the antibodies, what can happen if the real virus comes? And prepares a defense.
Although tumors are not viruses, they are also "foreign agents" that must attack the body.The problem is that cancer cells have the ability to "shield" so that the immune system does not notice them.Immunotherapy tries to eliminate the defenses of these tumors.What has been discovered is that the Covid-19 vaccine strengthens the “cancer vaccine”.By responding abnormally to the virus, the body "overtrains" which "reactivates other parts of our immune system," allowing the body to fight off future cancers.
Parts of our immune system regenerate"
This development could revolutionize oncology treatments.Although this will not be a vaccine that will prevent cancer universally, knowing how messenger RNA stimulates the immune system will allow us to design much more powerful immunotherapies of the future.This opens the door to new ways to treat tumors that are not currently effective for immunotherapy, such as liver tumors.strengthening the body's defenses.
A door to vision
In the same place of people who are not accepted, and Alcaldde spoke of another profession of change: The recovery of the sick with electricity.This disease, the main cause of blindness in healthy adults, was "sentence without return".An international process has allowed many patients to obtain part of their vision thanks to a chip inserted into the storage.
The device, "one-tenth of a human hair" thick, works with special glasses.They convert light into infrared pulses that activate the chip, which in turn produces electrical signals that the brain converts into images.Although the technology has a high cost, approximately $ 150,000 per intervention, and will take at least five years to become widespread, its effects are "very small," making it a promising solution for other diseases that affect vision.
In addition to this fragment, there are other promising lines of research, such as the complete replacement of the visual system by retinas or artificial optogenetics, which uses light to regenerate damaged areas of the eye.Progress, such as the unexpected benefits of RNA vaccines, shows that science continues to break new ground that until the end seems like recent science fiction.
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