Cancer Vaccines

Scientists at National Taiwan University release new data on cancer vaccines

Published in Cancer Weekly, April 21st, 2009

According to recent research from Taipei, Taiwan, "DNA vaccination is a novel immunization strategy that possesses many potential advantages over other vaccine strategies. One of the major difficulties hindering the clinical application of DNA vaccination is the relative poor immunogenicity of DNA vaccines."

"Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) is a synthetic polymer approved by the Food and Drug Administration for certain human clinical applications such as the bone cement. In vivo, PMMA particles are phagocytosable and have the potential to initiate strong immune responses by stimulating the production of inflammatory cytokines. In this study, we synthesized a series of...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-04-21)

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