A team from Harvard and Dana-Farber has launched a Phase I clinical trial of a therapeutic melanoma vaccine designed to reprogram a patient’s immune system to destroy tumors. The vaccine consists of a small disk-like, biodegradable sponge that’s infused with signaling molecules and components of the patient’s tumor.
The disk-shaped, biodegradable sponge contains growth factors and components of each patient’s tumors. Researchers at the Wyss Institute and clinicians at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute hope that when it’s implanted under the patient’s skin, it will spur the immune system to attack and destroy tumors.
Read Cross-Disciplinary Team From Harvard and Dana-Farber Brings Novel Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine to Human Clinical Trials
Wyss Institute, 6 Sep. 2013
Related: Novel Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine Goes to Human Clinical Trials, Science Daily, 6 Sep. 2013
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Tom
thank you Tom
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Ramesh
many thanks Ramesh
wow this is an amazing advance is cancer research. Seems like a great way to use the bodies natural defenses versus introducing unknown toxins or harm to the body.
Sirena
indeed, let’s see how it goes…