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What the latest on mRNA vaccines means for cancer

One patient in a small trial is experiencing the fantasy results so far with an mRNA pancreatic cancer vaccine. She shows no evidence of the cancer that was supposed to kill her years ago.

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Yuki Noguchi is a correspondent on the Science Desk based out of NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C.