Wednesday, July 28, 2004
There is a new vaccine that is being tested now. This is the "fusion cell vaccine". It is prepared by fusing whole tumor cells taken from the patient, with dendritic cells - in hopes to cure cancer. So far, in an early-stage clincial trial, there have been some success stories.
There are some concerns considering the vaccine is still in the birth stages. Dr.'s are afraid that they don't know all the tumor-specific proteins and in some tumours they only have a few of them. Also they are concerned that the tumours may outsmart this approach. Though right now it is to early to tell what will happen.
There are some concerns considering the vaccine is still in the birth stages. Dr.'s are afraid that they don't know all the tumor-specific proteins and in some tumours they only have a few of them. Also they are concerned that the tumours may outsmart this approach. Though right now it is to early to tell what will happen.