Melanoma vaccine clinical trial looking for Central Texas participants

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If the trial goes well, the new vaccine could be distributed on a larger level.

The vaccine uses the same technology that developed the COVID-19 vaccination and the hope is that if it's successful, it can go on to help develop other things.

The potential new vaccine is for people who have had high-risk stage two, stage three or stage four melanoma that has already been removed by surgery. This new treatment uses a person's removed cancer cells to create a tailored vaccine just for them to help prevent it from returning. It treatment uses the same technology that developed the COVID-19 vaccine so fast and the hope is that if it's successful, it can go on to help develop other things.

 

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