And then cancer mutates, it basically starts to get smart about what you’re treating it with. The U.S. public television network PBS will premiere in April a documentary on CIMAVax, a Cuban drug against lung cancer, in which Cuban and U.S. institutions are currently collaborating. Michael Caligiuri of the American Association for Cancer Research told PBS Newshour that success in Cuba does not necessarily mean the drug will be … Can Cuba's innovative lung cancer vaccines give new hope to patients across the world? Use one of the services below to sign in to PBS: ... Cuba's Cancer Hope Preview. Now they’ve developed lung cancer vaccines that show so much promise, some Americans are defying the embargo and traveling to Cuba for treatment. Now they’ve developed lung cancer vaccines that show so much promise, some Americans are defying the embargo and traveling to Cuba for treatment. Narrator: Watching the news one evening, George learns about new treatments emerging in Cuba. S47 E5: Cuba's Cancer Hope. When the U.S. trade embargo left Cuba isolated from medical resources, Cuban scientists were forced to get creative. NARRATOR: …right now, on NOVA. When the U.S. trade embargo left Cuba isolated from medical resources, Cuban scientists were forced to get creative. NARRATOR: Cuba’s Cancer Hope… ANABELY GARCIA: Don’t cry. Cuba's Cancer Hope. There is an interesting show coming up this week on PBS NOVA. GEORGE KEAYS: Life isn’t meant to be fair; it’s meant to be lived. When the U.S. trade embargo left Cuba isolated from medical resources, Cuban scientists were forced to get creative. When the U.S. trade embargo left Cuba isolated from medical resources, Cuban scientists developed their own biotech industry - and promising lung cancer vaccines. “When the U.S. trade embargo left Cuba isolated from medical resources, Cuban scientists were forced to get creative.
Now they’ve developed lung cancer vaccines that show so much promise, some Americans are defying the embargo and traveling to Cuba for treatment.