It is supposed to stop the growth of tumors and prevent metastases: Russia claims to have developed an anti-cancer vaccine

Russian oncologist Andrey Kaprin announced this at the beginning of last week on “Radio Russia”Russia's main public radio station.

“Suppress the growth of a tumor and prevent metastasis”

The oncologist, who is also the director of the Radiology Research Center, itself dependent on the Russian Ministry of Health, announced that Russia had developed an anti-cancer vaccine.

The result of a collaboration between several research institutes, this vaccine must be marketed at the beginning of 2025 and will be completely free, according to the Russian oncologist and the Russian press agency. TASS.

It would have been developed based on mRNA technology, like coronavirus vaccines. This anticancer vaccine would thus make it possible to “suppress the growth of a tumor and prevent metastases”, explained Andrey Kaprin on the radio “Radio Russia”.

“It’s impossible for this to be a universal vaccine”

Earlier this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia was close to developing vaccines against cancer. “new generation”.

Despite Moscow's enthusiastic announcement, Western scientists remain skeptical: “Until we see the results of clinical trials, we should remain skeptical”Professor Kingston Mills told Newsweek magazine.

For the immunologist at Trinity College in Ireland, given the multiple forms of cancer, it is “impossible that this is a universal vaccine”he explained.

And to conclude: “What type of cancer is it? Where is the clinical trial data? These are questions that need to be answered to evaluate these claims.”