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Implantable vaccine aims to recruit immune cells to fight cancer

Researchers from Harvard University are experimenting with a new vaccine implant to train the immune system to fight tumors, particularly deadly melanomas killing thousands of Americans every year. The clinical trials...

11 September, 2013

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Melanoma vaccine made up of modified dendritic cells shows promise

Modified dendritic cells that can recognize cancer-made protein fragments have shown promise in a small clinical trial studying melanoma. Duke University’s Scott Pruitt, M.D., Ph.D., also of Merck Research Laboratories...

28 June, 2013

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