Vaccine Development

Cancer Vaccine Technique Announced

Published in Cancer Weekly, April 21st, 1997

Researchers at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, San Diego, California, and in the People's Republic of China have developed a method for creating vaccines against cancer.

The new process promises a quicker, easier, safer, and more effective therapy for the treatment of cancer and other diseases caused by viruses and pathogens.

In a two-step process, tumor cells removed from a patient are first modified in the laboratory with a combination of cytokines to enhance the expression of tumor antigens and immune-activating molecules needed to generate the body's immune response.

Treated tumor cells are then armed with a hybrid monoclonal...

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