BBC News Review: Cancer vaccine? 2022

October 30, 2022



The husband-and-wife team who worked on the Covid vaccine have said the same technology could be used to treat cancer.

The story
A cancer vaccine by 2030?

The husband-and-wife team who worked on the Covid jab say the same technology could be used to treat cancer.

These vaccines tell the cells to produce a protein that can fight tumours.

The trials are in the early stages, but results have been encouraging, so far.

Key words and phrases
crack
find a solution to something

The police have cracked the case. The husband stole the money.
Scientists have cracked a mystery child illness in the UK.

hailed
praised

The film was hailed a masterpiece by critics.
Huge profits have been hailed by the company.

pioneers
the first people to develop or use something

Marie Curie was a pioneer in science. She discovered radioactivity.
Steve Jobs has been described as a technology pioneer.

0:00 – Introduction
0:22 – Story
1:06 – Headline 1: The BBC: BioNTech: Could Covid vaccine technology crack cancer?
2:40 – Headline 2: The Standard: Cancer vaccine being hailed by leading Covid scientists
4:26 – Headline 3: The Times: Expect cancer vaccine by 2030, say Covid pioneers
6:51 – Language summary

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35 Comments
  1. Game over, piople knew it

  2. A great news if the research of vaccine is successful.

  3. Thanks for all BBC 👌

  4. Thanks for your show

  5. I've always been a great fan of "News Review". I began watching these Videos some years ago and I need to say I have learnt a lot from them. Now I want to think that English is much better but I still enjoying (and learning) watching News Review. Thanks for your dedication and Greetings from Spain ⭐⭐⭐

  6. ubiquitous propaganda

  7. Are BCG vaccines working properly ? This is a big question but who will research on this issue

  8. Your lessons are great!

  9. Marie Curie didn't discover radioactivity. Radioactivity was discovered by Henri Bequerel. Marie Curie was a pioneer in discovering radium which is indeed a radioactive element. Anyway, the lesson was interesting.

  10. Fantastic lesson!

  11. Reply
    Мария Столярова October 30, 2022 at 6:10 pm

    Hello! I have to admit that your lessons are great! Doing english practice with you I day by day crack my language problems. You, guys, are fantastic and I sure you are hailed by many students because your methods are certainly pioneering and useful

  12. Hailed as often used as past tense ? Or in a passive voice way ?

  13. كيما اقولو هاذي هي التالية ربحت

  14. WOW! That was terrific🥰😇

  15. I am cracking the math problem.
    I want to pioneer the time machine.
    The mother hailed her daughter for getting the first prize in the class.

  16. This is a great video,i learned alot watching your video and it hasbeen helpful to me .Building a steady in come is quite difficult for Newbies. Thanks to Mrs Alexander Sandra for improving my portfolio.
    Keep up with good videos🌍

  17. Anyone here…. Who wants to practice speaking English with me…?😊😊😊

  18. Why unkempt hair for the guy. We are not living in the middle ages, are we? I cannot stand it.

  19. Cancer is the worst.

  20. I appreciate to you all. Teachers from BBC learning English are hailed as pioneers of cracking English learning.

  21. Thank you

  22. This topic important to me thak you all

  23. I have a crush on u, Sean 😢❤

  24. Reply
    Suresh kumar Chauhan October 30, 2022 at 6:10 pm

    Great lesson. Wonderful presentation.

  25. Is she Sam? Am I wrong? 😵

  26. Reply
    Because it's current year October 30, 2022 at 6:10 pm

    Why would people need English lessons on English youtube video about news?
    shoudn't they learn that as children?

  27. "hail from" has a different meaning.
    He hails from Sri Lanka

  28. Reply
    Felipe kenji dos Anjos October 30, 2022 at 6:10 pm

    I love BBC learning english channel – amazing lesson <3

  29. Congratulations for the pioneers of making me learn English easily, you have cracked my problems of learning new words. It’s also good to know that I’m not the only person approving you, you have been hailed by almost all the students.

  30. That's right BBC learning English is a pioneer in teaching English, so my journey of learning with it, started over 30 years ago . Of course it was on the radio Arabic service . Thank you so much ❤️ for this amazing video .

  31. Loved it. Thanks a million, mates ❤

  32. Curing cancer after Covid shot side effects very profitable business 😘

  33. Reply
    Nguyễn Thị Hồng Hạnh October 30, 2022 at 6:10 pm

    BBC English deserves to be hailed as a pioneer in teaching English. your program has cracked many difficult English words. Thanks❤

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