Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Vaccine protects against prostate cancer in mice

Vaccine protects against prostate cancer in mice - Yahoo! News
2008.02.13
"An experimental vaccine can provide long-term protection against prostate cancer in mice genetically predisposed to the disease...The vaccine stimulates an immune response against PSCA, which stands for prostate stem cell antigen. PSCA is a good vaccine target because it is overly expressed in prostate cancer, but displays limited expression in other tissues...Vaccination was associated with a robust immune response. At 12 months, 90 percent of the vaccinated mice were still alive, while all of the control animals had either died or had large tumors..."

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