Tag: Cancer vaccine

  • Nation & World

    Killing cancer with cancer

    Scientists at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital have developed a cancer vaccine to simultaneously kill and prevent brain cancer in advanced mouse models.

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    Cancer cells.
  • Nation & World

    Cancer vaccine shows durable immune effects

    Researchers at Harvard Medical School and affiliated institutions have shown that a personalized cancer vaccine that is specific to an individual’s tumor has lasting effects, detecting vaccine-related immune system changes years after the vaccine was given.

    9 minutes
    Patrick Ott, Associate Prof of Medicine at HMS and DFCI, stands by the statues of Dana-Farber founder Sidney Farber.
  • Nation & World

    Harnessing nature to beat cancer

    Every year, more than 18 million people around the world are told, “You have cancer.” In the U.S., nearly half of all men and more than one-third of women will…

    18 minutes
    Nanoparticles
  • Nation & World

    Cancer vaccine begins Phase I clinical trials

    A cross-disciplinary team of Harvard scientists, engineers, and clinicians announced Sept. 6 that they have begun a Phase I clinical trial of an implantable vaccine to treat melanoma, the most lethal form of skin cancer.

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