How BioNTech’s “revolutionary” lung cancer vaccine actually works
The promising new treatment builds on research that went into developing COVID vaccines.
By Tim Brinkhof, Big Think
For a substantial part of human history, people thought smoking tobacco was perfectly healthy. Native American tribes, who introduced the tobacco plant to Europeans and — by extension, the rest of the world — used it for cultural and spiritual purposes, giving little thought to its long-term effect on the human body.
Meanwhile, vintage advertisements from the early 20th century claimed that smoking provided a variety of health benefits, from relieving stress and anxiety to helping with indigestion, weight gain, depression, and even respiratory infections. Plus, Big Tobacco frequently partnered with physicians and other health professionals to give such claims an extra air of credibility.
