Genetic treatment is the wave of the future. For everything.
Someone near and dear to me was diagnosed with non-hodgkins lymphoma about 3 years ago. they threw all the standard treatments at it. Everything they tried worked for a while - nothing worked for long. Around November, he was told he was out of options, and the odds were he had about 6 weeks of life left. I saw him in November on my way down, and both of us were aware that the odds were it was the last time.
Around December, he got into a trial where they took some of his blood, genetically modified the cells and grew them out for a couple weeks, and then returned them. He was pretty darn sick by the time he got his modified blood cells back.
Bingo. No more cancer cells in his body for four months now, and he looks, feels, and acts healthy again. No one knows how long this will last. the oldest survivor of this treatment has been cancer-free for five years. My friend is not yet fully recovered, cancer and standard chemo/radiation are very hard on an older body. But even a few more years of feeling healthy? Who wouldn't take that deal?
No, we don't know everything we'd like to know about the long-term effects of this new vaccine. But I have no hesitation in getting it. And not just for my own sake.