Cuba’s Had Cancer-Suppressing Drugs For Years, But Thanks To The Trade Embargo, We Haven’t 

As The Independent points out, “Cuba was forced to come up with many of its own medical breakthroughs” during the half century it was cut off from the West. And one of its most incredible discoveries, a lung cancer vaccine, is about to cross U.S. borders.

The Independent:

The closed-off Caribbean nation is emerging from a 55-year rift with the US, and the historic shift in diplomatic standing is set to give American scientists their first glimpse at the medical breakthroughs developed in Cuba during that time.

One of the most prominent is a drug which suppresses the growth of tumours in the lungs. Cimavax has been available for free to all Cuban citizens since 2011, is believed to have minimal side effects and can prolong the life of a patient in the late stages of the disease by as much as six months…During the economic blockade by the US and after a string of serious disease outbreaks, Cuban leader Fidel Castro made biotechnology and medical research a key priority for the allocation of limited government funds.

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