Mayo Clinic research finds immune system responds to mRNA treatment for cancer

ROCHESTER, Minn. ― Adding messenger RNA, or mRNA therapy improves the response to cancer immunotherapy in patients who weren't responding to the treatment, Mayo Clinic research shows. Immunotherapy uses the body’s immune system to prevent, control and eliminate cancer. The study is published in Cancer Immunology Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. The phrase messenger RNA and its acronym, mRNA, have become familiar to the public during the COVID-19 pandemic. The…
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