What would you do if you could save someone you know with just a vaccine? Cancer has been one of most prominent diseases in the world, it has killed over 10 million every year and is growing. Although many say cancer will never have a cure, an author named Benjamin Mueller from “Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Small Trial” believes a group in Germany have found a solution in which a vaccine was created to deal with pancreatic cancer, this vaccine has had some success with it inferring from the mRNA of the Covid vaccine and different trials being opened. Dr. Andrew Steele also has the same enthusiasm in this new vaccine, believing that this new vaccine has had some great results with at least 50% of the patients tested has had success in entirely getting rid of cancer. Although, both Dr. Steele and Mueller have similar ideologies in this vaccine; Mueller appeals to one’s logic and uses facts to intrigue his intended audience into this topic, while Dr. Steele uses his language and style to incorporate not only his beliefs but his fellow scientists beliefs in this topic

Both authors include different aspects of this new pancreatic cancer vaccine, they both indicate the premises of how this vaccine is impacting different people but both use different rhetorical strategies to connect with their respective audiences. Dr. Andrew Steele and Benjamin Mueller both established the roots of how this vaccine transpired and the aspirations it has going forward in different ways, with Steele using logos, thus speaking about this topic in a quick manner, indicating a younger audience. Using a popular app named TikTok, Steele explains how this vaccine transpired and where it’s headed; creating a TikTok made more sense due it directly reaching his intended audience. Benjamin Mueller, however, uses diction to display his findings with him publishing his article in The New York Times, where he can educate his intended audience in a more articulate manner. Mueller interprets his thoughts and ideas more intensively, indicating that his intended audience is much older. Both authors chose different rhetorical strategies to fully appeal to two different intended audiences. 

Benjamin Mueller was a very well known author who wrote tons of articles about the health sciences, including his article “Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Small Trial” in which he talks about the beginning of this new vaccine trial for pancreatic cancer. This article was written after a group of scientists in Germany started doing trials for a cancer vaccine using the same RNA technology from the Pfizer vaccine for Covid-19. Benjamin Mueller uses an embodiment of different words and phrases throughout his article for his intended audience to comprehend his writing. For example he uses phrases such as “most virulent forms of the disease” and words such as “audacious” to exemplify his points and allow his audience to understand his writing more comprehensively. The intended audience of this article includes teenagers and adults because he wants people who are older and knowledgeable to be aware of this new vaccine, it could even impact them because maybe they or anybody they know could use this vaccine in the future or even the present. The intention of the author is to educate the people and make it known that this new invention can revolutionize the world and its purpose is to inform his audience in a more profound manner. Mueller maintains his thoughts, ideas, and writing throughout the article by the use of rhetorical strategies and evidence.

Mueller integrates quotes from many different doctors to showcase and accommodate his knowledge of this new vaccine. He uses quotes in many variations, such as when he is talking about how it’s too early to have all the answers or when he describes the financial aspect of this new trial. For example, when speaking about how this vaccine can affect other areas of a tumor, he quotes Dr. Nina Bhardwaj saying “It’s anecdotal, but it’s nice confirmatory data that the vaccine can get into these other tumor regions,”. Throughout the article Mueller implements many of his ideas and thoughts, but he brings in these quotes to create a wider picture in his intended audience’s heads. Overall, the author wants to establish a rudimentary example of how this new cancer vaccine is being used and why doctors and himself want to explore and learn more about it due to its distinction from other vaccines.

Mueller uses diction the most to alleviate his findings due to its overall effectiveness. When Mueller speaks about how the study of this new trial was conducted he uses a more enthusiastic way of conjuring what really transpired in the experiment. He proceeds to explain how the study didn’t have the biggest sample size, as well as it being tested on a particular race, only a subsidized amount actually had the vaccine being successful. Rather than mentioning the percentage of success, he intently said “the study could not entirely rule out factors other than the vaccine having contributed to better outcomes in some patients.” Basically propagating the fact that the vaccine wasn’t overall highly effective, but it still had a positive effect because they now realize that even though a high percentage of the vaccine didn’t work it was still a successful study due to the applications that were successful could benefit them in improving the vaccine overall. Mueller uses this in his article because he is optimistic this vaccine will be a success in the long run, as well as if more trials are conducted and a higher percentage of this vaccine is successful then they could seize an opportunity by integrating this RNA into other vaccines so they could create a vaccine for all cancers. Overall, Mueller speaks in an orderly and sophisticated style, complementing his tone using diction and quotes to initiate a sense of attraction to this new discovery.

Dr. Andrew Steele is a very well established scientist and writer who continues to educate the public about the health sciences. In his TikTok named “A vaccine to cure cancer?” He speaks about this new cancer vaccine introduced in Germany that came from the same mRNA in the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. He continues to speak about how this cancer vaccine began from Covid vaccines, but instead they turned them into a vaccine tailored to tumors, allowing this vaccine to recognize the person’s cancer cells and the person’s body allowing them to clear the cancer on its own. This TikTok was created to inform not only the public but mostly the younger generation to be aware of this new vaccine and its future alliterations. Based on the place he established this information, his most likely target audience are pre-teens and teens. I believe Dr. Steele’s main audience is teenagers because of not only the key demographic in social media, which entices a much younger viewership. But also it allows him to get the main facts of his argument quick and easy, which also helps the younger generation because they usually have a short attention span. Relying on facts allows teenagers to understand more of a certain topic and even educate others in this topic and them knowing about this topic could even lead them to becoming an expert. 

Dr. Steele uses logic and facts as his main strategy to support his additive of informing people of this new invention. He endowed how although we have immune cells all around our bodies it allowed this new cancer vaccine to clear up “metastatic tumors” which are farther away from the actual tumor residing upon the notion that it leads to a patient’s complete removal of any cancer. Although the vaccine didn’t work on everybody, when it did it allowed the people who had cancer to successfully get rid of it. Towards the end, he mentions the fact that more trials will occur and to be aware of this because this could also impact other cancers as well. Overall the use of logic and facts allowed the author to speak in a manner in which he can speak fast but also decisively hindering the intended audience.

 In conclusion, the diction and logos used in discussions about the new cancer vaccine for pancreatic cancer converge to create a compelling narrative of hope and possibility. The choice of words elevates the vaccine’s importance and potential, while logical arguments and scientific evidence underpin the case for its significance. As we consider the profound impact this medical breakthrough can have on the lives of countless individuals, we are reminded of the persuasive power of language and reason in shaping our understanding of medical advancements.