Cancer vaccines show promise

RJ Hamster

2 years ago

Tuesday, December 27, 2022

In today’s newsletter, we examine how five once-booming communities just disappeared, see advances toward cancer vaccines, stroll through the ruins of King Herod’s pleasure palace … and discover the polar bear capital of the world.

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After years of failure, vaccines to treat cancer are showing promise.

How? Innovations like genome sequencing have allowed scientists to take a closer look at tumor cells and their abnormalities. That’s letting them design vaccines aimed at much more specific targets.

Today’s goal: destroy cancer cells. Some scientists are also testing vaccines that might one day prevent a high-risk individual from developing cancer, Nat Geo reports in its look at the new vaccines. (Pictured above, two T lymphocyte cells, in yellow, attached to a cancer cell, in green.)

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT

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The polar bear capital of the world: Churchill, Manitoba, in subarctic Canada. Each year, hundreds of the world’s largest land carnivores pass through the village as they wait for the Hudson Bay to freeze over. As officials try to keep the some 800 locals safe, they now have a new factor to consider: the thousands of tourists flocking in to see the bears. (Above, an employee at the Lazy Bear Lodge in costume on Halloween.)

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WHERE IN THE WORLD?

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Fire-breathing? The dragon is the symbol of the capital of this Balkan nation. It is proudly enthroned on the city’s coat of arms and on the bridge named after it. In legend, the city’s dragon did breathe fire! Where is it? Click here to see!

WHERE IS THIS?

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Lost for centuries: King Herod was a biblical villain. Nearly 2,000 years ago, a historian described his pleasure palace as being on “a hill, raised by the hand of man, to be the shape of a woman’s breast.” It wasn’t until 2007 that his mausoleum was discovered on the site pictured above, Nat Geo reports.

We hope you liked today’s newsletter. This was edited and curated by Sydney Combs, Jen Tse, and David Beard. Have an idea or a link for us? Write david.beard@natgeo.com. Happy trails!

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