two exciting developments - vaccine against type 1 diabetes and vaccine to treat lung cancer

[ElaineBenes]

My Dad has terminal lung cancer :( so I'm following this one with interest
vaccine to treat lung disease

And this looks really interesting as well, especially considering that it's been suggested that vaccines cause type 1 diabetes, a bit ironic!
vaccine for diabetes

((((ElaineBenes)))) - so sorry to hear about your father. I have btdt with my parents, too.

Thank you for the interesting links.

Very sorry to hear about your dad

Thanks. He's responding to treatment and we're hoping the vaccines will come out in time for him to benefit - as well as some other promising treatments.

This is where I'd like research money to go, not in beating dead horses.

Sorry to hear about your Dad.

Thanks Shredded. He's optimistic and I'm trying to be.

When I was reading about treatments etc, I saw that there are a number of cancer treating vaccines at the final stages of clinical trials - and they've shown significant improvements in survival especially for stage 4 cancer - so hopefully it won't be too long before they're licensed.

There is also a treatment for parkinsons in development where they inject a virus directly into the brain, which will kick start the brain to produce dopamine again.

Fantastic link OP thank you.

XH has Type 1 Diabetes and it's a shitty shitty thing.

Cancer is also a bastard of a disease, I have a close 45yr old family member fighting it with everything he's got right now.

Hope your Dad continues to do well xx

Elaine, thank you for posting this, I'm so sorry about your Dad :(

I heard a Doctor on R4 recently talking about the roles of vaccines in the fight against cancer - it's very promising - if that's the right term. I for one hope that more research funding can be poured into this.

As an aside, can I just say how much I ( as mainly a lurker) appreciate all your informative posts on the Vaccination forum .

Thank you Sabrina