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Cancer Vaccines
Findings from University of North Carolina provide new insights into cancer vaccines
August 28th, 2008
"We have previously described a simple yet effective liposome-based therapeutic vaccine, DOTAP/E7, which contains only two molecules, the cationic lipid DOTAP and a peptide antigen derived from the E7 oncoprotein of human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16. In the current report, we have improved the vaccine formulation by incorporation of E7-lipopeptide instead of the water-soluble native E7 peptide into the DOTAP liposome," scientists in the United States report. "The lipopeptide consists of an N-terminal alpha- or epsilon-palmitoyl lysine connected to the E7 peptide via a dipeptide Ser-Ser linker. The DOTAP/E7-lipopeptide vaccine exhibited an enhanced functional...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-08-28)
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