DNA Vaccines

Vaccine Shows Promise for Treating Melanoma in Mice

Published in Cancer Weekly, September 28th, 1998

Over the past decade, knowledge about how the immune system can be used to fight cancer has greatly increased. Not only have scientists learned that the immune system can recognize certain proteins on cancer cells, but they have used this knowledge to develop vaccines that may help to prevent cancer recurrence.

Now, scientists at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York have shown that a new DNA-based vaccine can successfully treat the deadly skin cancer, melanoma, in mice.

The investigators, who reported their findings in the September 15, 1998, issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, used a "needleless syringe" called a gene gun...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (1998-09-28)

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