Insights on 67AI Lab https://67ailab.com/insights/ Recent content in Insights on 67AI Lab Hugo en-us Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A cancer drug with one person's name on it https://67ailab.com/insights/moderna-cancer-vaccine/ Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://67ailab.com/insights/moderna-cancer-vaccine/ <!doctype html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <title>A cancer drug with one person's name on it — Moderna's personalised mRNA vaccine, explained</title> <meta name="description" content="A plain-language visual explainer on intismeran autogene, Moderna and Merck's individualised neoantigen therapy: how it is made, what the trials show, and what is still unproven."> <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com"> <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin> <link 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hero-grid"> <div> <span class="eyebrow"><i></i> Explainer · Individualised neoantigen therapy</span> <h1>A cancer drug with <span class="g">one person's name</span> on it</h1> <p class="standfirst">Almost every medicine ever made is identical for everyone who takes it. This one is not. It is written from the specific damage inside a single patient's tumour, manufactured in a batch of one, and thrown away if it doesn't fit them. Here's how that actually works — no biology background needed.</p>