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Tumor vaccines are treatments used for cancer therapy or prevention. Tumor vaccines focus on a specific antigen, a biological molecule, specific to a tumor. A tumor vaccine trains the immune system to elicit a response against that specific antigen thus inducing immunity against cancer.
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FEB 20, 2018Microbiology
Our bodies need insulin to control the amount of sugar we have in our blood. Diabetes happens when that process fails, a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 15, 2018Immunology
An unlikely collaboration, a virus and the human immune system, is working to address a common enemy: cancer. From the U ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 15, 2018Videos
Most people must have heard revolutionary cancer therapy called CAR-T cell therapy, a kind of cancer immunotherapy. It h ...Written By:JAN 01, 2018Cancer
Researchers from HHMI identify signals displayed by cancer cells that were recognized by the immune system.Written By: Julia TraversDEC 16, 2017Immunology
Long-term immune protection isn’t the only job tasked to memory T cells, researchers are finding. In a new collabo ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 06, 2017Genetics & Genomics
In recent years there has been an intense focus on the development of vaccines for breast cancer; a new one has been ver ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 04, 2017Immunology
As we get older, we become increasingly prone to various diseases like cancer and heart disease, but why is that? A new ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 10, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
In a rare scientific double-whammy, two groups of scientists independently found that targeted, personalized vaccines st ...MAY 24, 2017Health & Medicine
Vaccines to prevent influenza infection have to change and adapt every year to the ever-evolving virus, and even ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 24, 2017Chemistry & Physics
A slingshot is often associated with the children’s toy and mischievous behaviors. But now it might just become a ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAY 09, 2017Immunology
What was initially regarded as a botched experiment in a lab from the Medical University of South Carolina became ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 18, 2017Immunology
A rare and lethal brain tumor more often than not leads to death not much longer than one year after diagnosis, even wit ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 09, 2017Cancer
Glioblastoma is one of the most aggressive cancers in the world. There is constant research into the causes of these tum ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 28, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have been trying to use the body's natural defenses to fight successfully against cancer, a promising idea st ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 07, 2017Immunology
Mice models are more often than not the models of disease used to study the interaction between immune cells and cancer. ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 25, 2017Immunology
The immune system pulls out all the stops to try and prevent cancer cells from replicating and moving throughout ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 03, 2017Immunology
A vaccine for cancer is on the horizon, although it works in a way different to what most people might consider a conven ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 02, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The promise of stem cells has come with many challenges. New research from investigators working in collaboration at Nor ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 29, 2016Immunology
Nanodiscs just 10 nanometers wide successfully delivered customized cancer treatments to mice with colon and melanoma tu ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 20, 2016Immunology
As part of the immune response, T cells react differently to an acute infection versus a chronic infection, and this dif ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 26, 2016Immunology
The newest effort in cancer treatment research involves the combination of not one, not two, not three, but four differe ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 16, 2016Microbiology
Listeria gets a pretty bad rap. And I’ll be honest, it probably deserves it. This is what happens when you are one ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 07, 2016Cancer
When treating cancer, doctors have turned to immunotherapy to help target actual tumors instead of attacking all rapidly ...Written By: Jennifer EllisAUG 29, 2016Microbiology
The relationship between parasites and cancer is not new; researchers have known for many years about parasites that can ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
FEB 20, 2018
Microbiology
Our bodies need insulin to control the amount of sugar we have in our blood. Diabetes happens when that process fails, a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 15, 2018
Immunology
An unlikely collaboration, a virus and the human immune system, is working to address a common enemy: cancer. From the U
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 15, 2018
Videos
Most people must have heard revolutionary cancer therapy called CAR-T cell therapy, a kind of cancer immunotherapy. It h
...
Written By:
JAN 01, 2018
Cancer
Researchers from HHMI identify signals displayed by cancer cells that were recognized by the immune system.
Written By:
Julia Travers
DEC 16, 2017
Immunology
Long-term immune protection isn’t the only job tasked to memory T cells, researchers are finding. In a new collabo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 06, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
In recent years there has been an intense focus on the development of vaccines for breast cancer; a new one has been ver
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 04, 2017
Immunology
As we get older, we become increasingly prone to various diseases like cancer and heart disease, but why is that? A new
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 10, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a rare scientific double-whammy, two groups of scientists independently found that targeted, personalized vaccines st
...
MAY 24, 2017
Health & Medicine
Vaccines to prevent influenza infection have to change and adapt every year to the ever-evolving virus, and even
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 24, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
A slingshot is often associated with the children’s toy and mischievous behaviors. But now it might just become a
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAY 09, 2017
Immunology
What was initially regarded as a botched experiment in a lab from the Medical University of South Carolina became
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 18, 2017
Immunology
A rare and lethal brain tumor more often than not leads to death not much longer than one year after diagnosis, even wit
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 09, 2017
Cancer
Glioblastoma is one of the most aggressive cancers in the world. There is constant research into the causes of these tum
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 28, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have been trying to use the body's natural defenses to fight successfully against cancer, a promising idea st
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 07, 2017
Immunology
Mice models are more often than not the models of disease used to study the interaction between immune cells and cancer.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 25, 2017
Immunology
The immune system pulls out all the stops to try and prevent cancer cells from replicating and moving throughout
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 03, 2017
Immunology
A vaccine for cancer is on the horizon, although it works in a way different to what most people might consider a conven
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 02, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The promise of stem cells has come with many challenges. New research from investigators working in collaboration at Nor
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 29, 2016
Immunology
Nanodiscs just 10 nanometers wide successfully delivered customized cancer treatments to mice with colon and melanoma tu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 20, 2016
Immunology
As part of the immune response, T cells react differently to an acute infection versus a chronic infection, and this dif
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 26, 2016
Immunology
The newest effort in cancer treatment research involves the combination of not one, not two, not three, but four differe
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 16, 2016
Microbiology
Listeria gets a pretty bad rap. And I’ll be honest, it probably deserves it. This is what happens when you are one
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 07, 2016
Cancer
When treating cancer, doctors have turned to immunotherapy to help target actual tumors instead of attacking all rapidly
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
AUG 29, 2016
Microbiology
The relationship between parasites and cancer is not new; researchers have known for many years about parasites that can
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch