Melanoma Vaccine Triggers T-Cells to Attack Tumors
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MONDAY, Jan. 17 (HealthDayNews) -- Vaccines that contain tumor proteins help fight deadly melanoma skin cancer by increasing the number of immune system killer T-cells that can attack the tumor, says research in the Jan. 17 issue of the Journal of Experimental Medicine.
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Treating patients who have glioblastoma multiforme, a lethal type of brain tumor, with an experimental vaccine seems to sensitize the tumor to subsequent chemotherapy, according to a study by researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
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NEW YORK  - Vaccination with the DNA of substances that trigger allergies, using a &quot;gene gun,&quot; can prevent the over-production of the type of antibodies that cause allergic symptoms, experiments in mice show.
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GlaxoSmithKline Plc&#39;s experimental vaccine was effective against a virus that causes cervical cancer in a study, the first to show the treatment may provide protection against the No.
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Using ultraviolet light may one day offer a "double whammy" to kill cancer cells by better focusing antibody-based drugs and triggering the body's own defenses to eliminate tumors, researchers said on Tuesday.
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It&#39;s one of the most common cancers in women and kills about a quarter of a million patients each year but scientists said on Friday that a new vaccine could prevent most cases of cervical cancer.
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Instead of using surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation, researchers from the National Institutes of Health are finding so-far limited but inspiring success in a new approach for fighting cancer, using the immune system to attack the tumors the way it would a cold or flu.
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By The Buffalo News, N.Y.  Feb. 19--A vaccine that prevents any form of cancer has long been the holy grail of medical research. So, when one is found, of course many people will want to rush it into widespread use.
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NEW YORK  - An experimental vaccine can provide long-term protection against prostate cancer in mice genetically predisposed to the disease, new research indicates.
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THURSDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. scientists are pointing to the full, 18-month-long remission of two melanoma patients as the first evidence that gene therapy can work to beat back cancer.
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Doctors are hopeful about a new drug to treat skin cancer by causing tumor cells to self-destruct by overloading them with oxygen.
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MONDAY, Feb. 14 (HealthDay News) -- A harmless version of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is being used to hunt down malignant melanoma cancer cells in mice, researchers say.
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NEW YORK  - Treating patients who have  glioblastoma multiforme, a lethal type of brain tumor, with an  experimental vaccine seems to sensitize the tumor to subsequent  chemotherapy, according to a study by researchers at  Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
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Genetically modified skin cells could be used to fight a cancer which strikes the very young, a study suggests.
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Researchers have discovered that malignant melanoma, the potentially lethal skin cancer, can&#39;t grow without a steady supply of a protein that normal cells can do without.
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Doctors are reporting their first success at improving survival in men with advanced prostate cancer by using a treatment that trains the immune system to fight tumors. The approach is called a cancer vaccine although unlike traditional vaccines, it treats disease rather than prevents it.
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The results of the first early test of a new type of tuberculosis vaccine show that it elicits strong immune responses in adults with or without a previous bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination.