New Immunization Strategy Could Be Effective Against 10 To 15 Percent Of All Cancers
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 10:21
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have discovered a new strategy for an immunization against certain forms of cancer. They have determined that immune cells react strongly to the modified proteins in tumor cells in which a DNA repair defect has occurred. It is estimated that this repair defect is present in some 15 percent of all tumors.