Cancer Vaccines

Investigators at Monash University, Department of Immunology release new data on cancer vaccines

Published in Cancer Weekly, March 23rd, 2010

Data detailed in 'Telomerase in cancer immunotherapy' have been presented. According to a study from Melbourne, Australia, "Telomerase is a common hallmark of cancer. Recent studies have shown promising developments in anti-telomerase cancer immunotherapy, using human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) as a tumor antigen."

"Vaccination, using hTERT peptides or adoptive transfer of hTERT-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes, induces augmented tumor regression. CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes, against various hTERT peptides, lyse hTERT-expressing tumor cells from multiple tissue origins. CD4+ helper T lymphocytes are also activated by peptides derived from hTERT," wrote...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2010-03-23)

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