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Recent findings in immunization described by researchers from University of Applied Sciences

Published in Vaccine Weekly, December 9th, 2009

"It is well established that chronic infections can lead to cancer," investigators in Giessen, Germany report.

"Almost unknown is that, in contrast, acute brief viral and bacterial infections may have beneficial effects in cases of established neoplastic disease, while exposure to pathogenic products by infection, vaccination, and inhalation can cause prophylactic effects. In the following I will align evidence from case studies of spontaneous regression and from epidemiological studies with recent immunology to conclude that pathogenic substances belonging to the group of ''pathogen-associated molecular patterns'' can trigger the innate immune system to establish...

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