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Cancer Vaccines
Research from University of Texas yields new findings on cancer vaccines
May 12th, 2009
"Different vaccination strategies against the NY-ESO-1 antigen have been employed in an attempt to induce antitumor immune responses. Antigen-specific effector T-cell responses have been reported in a subset of vaccinated patients; however, these responses have not consistently correlated with disease regression," researchers in the United States report. "Here, we report for the first time clinical and immune responses generated by the NY-ESO-1 DNA vaccine administered by particle-mediated epidermal delivery to cancer patients. Eligible patients received treatment with the NY-ESO-1 DNA vaccine. Clinical outcomes and immune responses were assessed. The NY-ESC-1 DNA...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-05-12)
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