Chemotherapy-free ‘cancer vaccine’ moves from mice to human trials at Stanford

Chemotherapy-free ‘cancer vaccine’ moves from mice to human trials at Stanford

  • March 28, 2018
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Chemotherapy-free ‘cancer vaccine’ moves from mice to human trials at Stanford

A recent Stanford cancer study that cured 97 percent of mice from tumors has now moved on to soliciting human volunteers for a new cutting-edge medical trial. The trial is part of a gathering wave of research into immunotherapy, a type of treatment that fights cancer by using the body’s immune system to attack tumors.

Source: sfgate.com

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