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Cancer Vaccines
Researchers from Providence Portland Medical Center publish findings in cancer vaccines
September 9th, 2008
Scientists discuss in 'Phenotype and functional characterization of long-term gp100-specific memory CD8+ T cells in disease-free melanoma patients before and after boosting immunization' new findings in cancer. According to recent research from the United States, "Effective cancer vaccines must both drive a strong CTL response and sustain long-term memory T cells capable of rapid recall responses to tumor antigens. We sought to characterize the phenotype and function of gp100 peptide-specific memory CD8+ T cells in melanoma patients after primary gp100(209-2M) immunization and assess the anamnestic response to boosting immunization." "Eight-color flow cytometry analysis...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-09-09)
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