Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Tumor vaccine latest breakthrough in Cancer treatment

A step towards the revolutionary new cancer treatment has already been taken by researchers who tested it on three patients with melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.
In each case, strong immune responses against the cancer were seen, although the early stage trial was not designed to measure the treatment’s effectiveness.The approach involves taking the genetic instructions for a specific cancer protein, encoded in a molecule of RNA, and using it to stimulate the immune system.
The RNA triggers the kind of immune response normally employed to see off viruses,
only in this case, the targets are cancer cells.
The German research raises the possibility of a vaccine that can be tailored for any kind of cancer, or even new versions of a disease that evolve as it progresses within the same patient.
‘This nano-medicine platform may give a strong boost to the vaccine field, and the results of forthcoming clinical studies will be of great interest.’


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