Cancer Vaccines
UNC scientists discover potential strategy to improve cancer vaccines
Published in Vaccine Weekly, December 29th, 2010
2010 DEC 29 -- CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The promise of vaccines targeted against various types of cancer has raised the hopes of patients and their families. The reality, however, is that these promising treatments are difficult to develop. One of the challenges is identifying a discrete cellular target to stop cancer growth without inactivating the immune system. Scientists at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center report a laboratory finding that has the potential to increase the effectiveness of therapeutic cancer vaccines.
The team found that the absence of the function of a protein called NLRP3 can result in a four-fold increase in a tumor's response to...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2010-12-29)
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