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Breast Cancer
Progress reported in vaccine development
March 31st, 2005
Progress toward development of a breast cancer vaccine has been reported by researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine and the Siteman Cancer Center, both in St. Louis, Missouri. Cancer-fighting vaccines stimulate immune cells to recognize tumor cells as foreign and destroy them. Physicians believe a vaccine-induced immune response could be used to supplement other cancer therapies or to immunize high-risk people against cancer. "We've been studying a protein called mammaglobin-A found in 80% of breast tumors," says Thalachallour Mohanakumar, PhD, the Jacqueline G. and William E. Maritz Professor of Immunology and Oncology in the...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-03-31)
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