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Hopes for new cancer vaccine

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There have been encouraging results in melanoma vaccine trials run by US drug companies Moderna and Merck. The results are preliminary, but experts say they are the first positive late stage results for a cancer vaccine of this type.

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19 Aug 6PM English United Kingdom TV & Film

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