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Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in terms of medical issues in the world, affecting over 14 million patients on earth. The number of cancer patients is expected to grow by 2030, reaching over 21.7 million in the process. During that time, an estimated 13 million will have died due to their sickness or complications related to them. In response to the growing medical threat, an alliance comprised of major cancer organizations was formed to essentially create a cancer vaccine.
A significant number of cancer types are treatable, but due to lifestyle choices, work, stress factors, and even environmental influences, the health issue can still persist. In order to find a better way of addressing cancer, the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy partnered with the Cancer Research Institute and other organizations, Futurism reports.
The Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy is the project of Sean Parker, the tech billionaire. Right now, the alliance counts 30 major organizations as members, including known universities and non-profit groups.
The focus of the alliance’s efforts will be research into neoantigens, which are considered genetic markers for specific cancer tumors. This makes them perfect for quickly detecting cancer within specific individuals, thus making early diagnosis much easier.
More than that, by crunching numbers via algorithms that analyze both DNA and RNA sequences, the presence of neoantigens is easier to detect. Once that happens, it would then be simpler for scientists to come up with a way to make it more visible to the immune system, thus destroying it before tumors appear.
Parker is particularly committed to ensuring that the alliance and its efforts bear fruit at some point, already having donated over $250 million to cancer research, TechCrunch reports. According to him, creating the alliance and directing their efforts to detect tumor markers is exactly what he wanted to achieve when he started his institute.
