Cancer Vaccines
Studies from University of Toronto, Department of Medicine add new findings in the area of cancer vaccines
Published in Vaccine Weekly, November 14th, 2007
New research, 'Enhancing cancer vaccines with immunomodulators,' is the subject of a report. According to a study from Canada, "Harnessing the immune system to control cancer has been a challenge for cancer immunotherapists for many years. However, while specific immune responses to tumour-associated antigenic targets have been successfully induced in some patients, these responses have not always been sufficient to reproducibly and consistently mediate useful anti-tumour clinical activity."
"Many checks and balances have been incorporated into the immune response by nature to prevent or reduce the likelihood of autoimmunity or exaggerated protective inflammatory...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2007-11-14)
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