Cuba finds cure for lung cancer

[hellgorama]

http://popsci.com/science/article/2011-09/cuba-releases-worlds-first-lung-cancer-vaccine

check it out. Seems USA with its mega multi-million dollar commitment to curing cancer has failed. It seems even with trade embargoes, good ol' socialist cuba manages to solve problems.:cool:

[Q]

Already a thread about it (http://www.revleft.com/vb/cuba-launches-world-t160907/index.html).

[Tenka]

Also, not a "cure". I misinterpreted it almost as sorely when I failed to read the actual article... almost.

From the island nation known for the quality of its cigars comes some pretty big news today: Xinhua reports (http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/health/2011-09/07/c_131111574.htm) that Cuban medical authorities have released the first therapeutic vaccine for lung cancer. CimaVax-EGF is the result of a 25-year research project at Havana’s Center for Molecular Immunology, and it could make a life or death difference for those facing late-stage lung cancers, researchers there say.
CimaVax-EGF isn’t a vaccine in the preventative sense--that is, it doesn’t prevent lung cancer from taking hold in new patients. It’s based on a protein related to uncontrolled cell proliferation--that is, it doesn’t prevent cancer from existing in the first place but attacks the mechanism by which it does harm.

(bold mine)
Also apologies for bumping this trash-bound topic.