Cancer Vaccines
Reports describe recent advances in cancer vaccines research
Published in Vaccine Weekly, April 26th, 2006
Study 1: Telomerase peptides are immunizing agent in cancer patients.
"Telomerase is considered a universal tumor-associated antigen (TAA) due to its high rate of expression by cancers (approximately 90%), and clinical trials are in progress to test the immunotherapeutical efficacy of anti-telomerase immunization in patients with cancer. However, the data concerning frequency and functional activity of telomerase-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) in patients with cancer are few and conflicting, although their knowledge would be mandatory to predict the...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2006-04-26)
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