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Cancer Vaccines
Subterfuge, counter-surveillance and assassination: The body's fight with cervical cancer
April 2nd, 2008
The virus responsible for most cases of cervical cancer has a serious weakness which may provide hope for new treatments for the disease. Human Papillomavirus (HPV), a virus which causes several types of cancer but is particularly associated with cervical cancer, has developed clever ways of hiding in the body, but researchers at the University of Leeds have found that its ability to trick the body's first line of defence leaves it vulnerable to attack from a second defence system. When viruses enter cells, they produce proteins to assist their growth and replication, and the body's immune system is programmed to recognise and attack these non-native...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-04-02)
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