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Cancer Vaccines
New cancer vaccines study findings reported from C.M. Long and co-authors
May 27th, 2009
According to recent research from the United States, "A major parameter limiting immune responses to vaccination is the number of activated antigen-presenting cells (APC) that capture antigen and migrate to draining lymph nodes (LN). Currently, a quantitative noninvasive technique for monitoring in vivo antigen capture and delivery is lacking." "The use of cellular magnetic resonance (MB) imaging (MRI) is a promising approach for this purpose; however, cellular imaging currently requires ex vivo prelabeling of cells with contrast agents followed by reintroduction of cells into the subject being monitored. Here, we describe an in vivo labeling method, which relies upon...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-05-27)
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