Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, November 30th, 2006
Study 1: A study from the United States has chronicled the treatment of murine neuroblastoma by surgical excision and autologous whole tumor cell vaccination.
"Although a whole tumor cell vaccine strategy based on the synergistic action of granulocyte macrophage-colonystimulating factor (GM-CSF) transduced tumor cells and CpG oligodeoxynucleotides induces potent tumor-specific immunity, such therapy is not curative in the face of large established tumors.
"The primary goal of this study was to determine if combining surgical resection of the tumor with...
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Source: Gene Therapy Weekly (2006-11-30)
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