Russia says it's developed a cancer vaccine and will launch it for free Russia's health ministry claims it has developed a vaccine against cancer that will be rolled out to patients for free.
Personalized cancer vaccines are designed to teach the immune system how to recognize and attack proteins specific to that patient's cancer.
Previous comments by Russian government scientists suggest each shot is personalized for the individual patient, which is similar to cancer vaccines being developed in the West.
The vaccine will apparently be used to treat cancer patients, rather than being given to the general public to prevent tumors from forming in the first place.
Personalized vaccines parts of a patient's own tumor to train the immune system to fight the disease (stock image).
