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Cancer Vaccines
Data on cancer vaccines described by researchers at Kyushu University, Medical Institute of Bioregulation
December 3rd, 2008
Investigators publish new data in the report 'Potential role of dendritic cell vaccination with MAGE peptides in gastrointestinal carcinomas.' "Dendritic cells (DCs) loaded with tumor antigens have been emerging as a new strategy in cancer treatment. The MAGE genes are selectively expressed in a variety of cancer tissues such as melanoma or gastrointestinal carcinomas," scientists in Beppu, Japan report. "However, no expression is observed in normal tissues except testis. There are several reports on clinical trials with these immunogenic peptides including MAGE gene-derived, which were shown to be effective for some patients with carcinomas. We previously reported a...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-12-03)
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