{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/039b783b-a527-4fdf-b3ce-b3c255ad3034/66c875041a47e1e4f785b6d8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"World-first lung cancer vaccine given to UK patient","description":"<p>A new <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/science/experts-university-college-london-hospital-london-england-government-b1178053.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">lung cancer vaccine </a>has been tested on a <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/science/london-poland-uclh-europe-new-york-b1178055.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">UK patient for the first time</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>BNT116 is designed to treat non-small cell lung cancer - also known as NSCLC - the most common form of the disease.</p><p><br></p><p>Professor Siow Ming Lee, consultant medical oncologist at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and chief investigator for the trial in the UK, tells Tech &amp; Science Daily <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/science/england-university-college-london-hospital-london-wirral-cardiff-b1178054.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">how it works</a>, and why this could be game changing for lung cancer patients around the globe.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>If you're in London docklands this weekend, we'll tell you why you may see a 2.5-ton block of ice suspended from a crane. Joshua Thomson from Australian physical theatre company Legs On The Wall, discusses their new performance <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/greenwich-docklands-international-festival-what-to-see-b1102900.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">THAW</a> by and why they hope to highlight the impact of climate change.</p><p><br></p><p>Also in this episode:</p><ul><li>SpaceX reveals date for<a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/tech/polaris-dawn-elon-musk-spacex-launch-spacewalk-mission-b1177408.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> first ever commercial spacewalk</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/iceland-volcano-eruption-reykjanes-peninsula-evacuations-b1178076.html#:~:text=Iceland's%20southwest%20was%20rocked,slicing%20through%20the%20Sundhn%C3%BAkur%20crater.\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Iceland volcano erupts again</a> with huge plumes of lava visible from Reykjavik</li><li>Terrifying dinosaur discovered with 'distinctive eyebrows'</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Follow us on X or on Threads.</p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}