Cuba unveils lung cancer vaccine

This is great. My only fear is that people will have to jump through hoops to get the FDA to approve it hear in the US.

HA, I bet american scientist found this 50 years ago. But if no one had lung cancer how could big medicine make any money.

knowing the government, this is probably one of the reasons why we don't deal with cuba....

Coming out of Cuba of all places, awesome nonetheless.

Well irregardless of why Cubans come here or not .this is a great scientific discovery from Cuba. 5 months may not be much but i guarantee you the person dying thinks its a lifetime. Besides Cuba has one of the best medical school research programs in the world. their achievement is marvel. besides look at it this way with a lot more research they could figure out how to prolong this.

Okay first of I have never seen sicko before so don't know what you are referring to. second , i was talking about their research school not Cuba's medical system two different things. third going by your argument we are the richest nation in the world and yet we have a health care crisis. our research facilities are in the billions of dollars a year but most of the American population does not see the marvel research that are produced daily in them. also Cuba has a "medical tourism" only because no rational thinking person will pay three times as much for something they could get for less than a quarter. so whose to blame, Cuba for accepting the cash or our health care system for being too pricey even for the wealthy. lastly i am a med student my reference to Cuba being one of the best isn't taken from a "News week article" or some third party journal . its taken from actual field research and well researched, well documented information done by doctors and professors.it is ONE of the best medical research facilities because it doesn't ration what research to be funded; all research is fair game. Cuba also pays for the med students to come and study there. almost 1500 foreign student from across the globe Europe and the U.S. included go to Cuba to earn their medical degrees every year.and they don't just research shelf space drugs they research even the not so popular and unknown ailments that affect us all.Its a battle to get that done here only because its too expensive and there is no money in it . also in order to graduate from Cuba as a med student you are required to do your internship for at least a year in an underdeveloped country. Cuba sends at least three thousand students to Africa and Asia every year. and so much more. so my argument is solely based on the school not the medical system or even the government. also on a side note their med school system also has flaws just like ours does but the good out ways the bad for the most part.

America_Again, you are making this about Cuba vs. The U.S. Why cant you just recognize the accomplishment of Cuban scientists and be happy for any advancement towards humanity? If you have not personally been to Cuba you shouldnt make any McCarthy-ist assumptions about why Cubans are "swimming" into the U.S., which by the way is very degrading to Cuban immigrants.

The U.S. embargo on Cuba is of the longest lasting in history and needs revision. Cuba today is not the Cuba of 1962. We threaten the world with nukes, and passive aggressive forced cooperation, yet you have nothing to say about that.

" If Cuba is at the top of their game, why don't they consider their population first. That's the Right thing to do. That's the American way" .

forgive my ignorance i didn't know that the Cuban government had to follow the "American way" . okay so lets do this your way. America is a wealthy nation it doesn't consider its people first in terms of health care. America is a wealthy nation it doesn't consider its people first in terms of education. and the most important issue for the moment, its energy security, is vital for Americas future but it isn't considering its people instead party bickering and I'm right your wrong type propaganda is the norm.

"With Communism, there is no *different* things. With Communism, there is only the State - *One* thing! .....The point is that Castro doesn't, Communism doesn't. "

Clearly from this you haven't got the slightest clue about whose running Cuba's health care right now. because the person running Cuba and the person running the health care is not the same person and yes there is a difference. like i said , it is flawed but its changing thanks to the new leadership. I suggest instead of reading talking points from everyone else do some leg work and actually find out more about this before you start bashing it like that. true i agree with you one hundred percent about the Cuban people's health situation but it is changing first of and again my argument was just for the quality of the school. I suggest that you do your own research on what is happening to Cuba since Castro's illness and make your point then. true the situation isn't great at all but if you can do an unbiased research on before castro's illness and after then you will see where i am coming from. that is of course if you wish to understand my point of view. but if you don't then oh well.

Cubas healthcare system was two rankings bellow ours in the list of developed and developing nations healthcare systems at 39. (yes we are deservedly only 37th on that list. last year 100,000 people died of easily treatable illness) Our higher ranking is due primarily to our high level of research and development. I think that ranking will change with this anouncement and thats truly sad. That this can Occur in our hemisphere should be a wake up call to Americans that our research dollars aren't going where they need to. On average the five largest pharmacutical companies in the U.S. spend more than double the costs of research on marketing for new drugs.

This may not be a cure all but it gives back quality of life to cancer patients, thats worth more than I can say after having watched two uncles and an aunt pass away slowly and painfully with chemotherapy. One uncle suffered horrid hallucinations during his final months due to an adverse reaction to the morphine given to help overcome the pain. Anything is preferable to that.

the health care system is horrible to say the least that is well documented but the research schools are remarkable and the health care system is in progressive change though very slow it is still changing thanks to new leadership.and that is something worth noting. also it is kinda sad that the wealthiest nation on the planet is ranked two steps above cuba. tisk tisk

I'm still pissed off at Cuba for having all organic food. This is just a cherry on top of the pissed off cake.

My only qualm about this will be all the smokers getting second chances.

Let them all die for being so... cool. Haha. Just kidding, death by smoking is like death by diarrhoea, hella not cool.

XVX for life, R.A.S.H. 'til death.

this is good, but their is more money in treatment so i doubt that this will hit the mainstream media. only time will tell.

Good work

this could be a breakthrough to find cure for other cancers and if allowed in the U.S. we could have cancer patients living less painful lives for the time it gives them.

Another positive note to come from this story is the Cuban vaccine is being tested by medics in 6 other countries - so the work and the breakthroughs will hopefully continue.

I am kind of happy Cuba discovered it. You should view Sicko because it could change your views about Healthcare, Cuba, France, and United States of America.

America_Again - you are wrong. You should read some history books, or hell, wikipedia. Your typical american arrogant attitude is sad.

Kae you should go to Canada and break you foot like i did, and have to wait an entire day before i could get an X-ray and some pain medication. If our Hospitals were not so full of illegal immigrants with coughs in the our Emergency Rooms our health care wouldnt rank so low. Trust me down here in texas you cant get good help because all the hospitals are going bankrupt because of the free healthcare they are required to give the immigrants!

Chalk another one up for David vs Goliath!

hats off to cuba! :)

the response system sux. when i reply to a comment, it gets thrown into same plle as all comments.

CUBA HAS A VACCINE FOR LUNG CANCER!!!!!

I swear their country is still stuck in the 50's! What the fuck have our scientists been doing? Taking pips out of fruit and making it square! Jesus Christ, if our scientists used all the technology we had, plus the Cubans brain power, we could have cured death by now!

thank you Cuba finally another good news

it's time we gave some fresh atr from the weastern hemisphere!