Can a Vaccine Cure Cancer?

A cancer vaccine? It’s not science fiction anymore. In this episode of Curie, host Andrew unpacks a groundbreaking personalized vaccine trial led by Dr. Vinod Balachandran at Memorial Sloan Kettering. By training the immune system to recognize mutations unique to each patient’s tumor, this approach is rewriting the rules of cancer care. We explore how mRNA, long known for its role in COVID vaccines, could become the blueprint for a new era in oncology—one that’s personal, programmable, and potentially transformative.