Cuba's Cancer Hope Preview
Preview: Season 47 Episode 5 | 28sVideo has Closed Captions
Can Cuba's innovative lung cancer vaccines give new hope to patients across the world?
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. In an unprecedented move, Cuban researchers are working with U.S. partners to make the medicines more widely available.
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Cuba's Cancer Hope Preview
Preview: Season 47 Episode 5 | 28sVideo has Closed Captions
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. In an unprecedented move, Cuban researchers are working with U.S. partners to make the medicines more widely available.
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