Hope for cancer patients as scientists report breakthrough in personalised cancer vaccines
The vaccine is designed based on the specific mutations in a patient’s tumour and instructs the immune system to attack the patient’s cancer cells.
Researchers in the United States have reported promising results from a personalised cancer vaccine designed to prevent melanoma from returning or spreading.
Elizabeth Buchbinder, a melanoma specialist at the Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute, said melanoma was chosen for testing partly because it produces many mutations, making it easier for the immune system to identify.
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