Russia is close to creating cancer vaccines, Putin says

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President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech at the Future Technologies Forum in Moscow, Russia on February 14, 2024. PHOTO | REUTERS

President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russian scientists were close to creating vaccines for cancer that could soon be available to patients.

Putin said in televised comments that "we have come very close to the creation of so-called cancer vaccines and immunomodulatory drugs of a new generation".