Cancer Vaccine

IllinoisNancy

I sure hope they follow through with this vaccine and it is the cure we have all been waiting for: 

A cancer vaccine could be ready in three years after promising trial results.

The vaccine trains immune systems to destroy tumors, and worked in 90 percent of breast cancer cases in lab tests

It forces antibodies to zoom in on the coating that surrounds cancers and kills them off. In tests on mice, it was particularly successful on breast and pancreatic tumors.

A team from the University of Georgia developed the vaccine and medics are now beginning tests on human cells.

Clinical trials could begin on humans by 2013. Study leader Professor Geert-Jan Boons said, "The vaccine elicits a very strong immune response. It activates all three components of the immune system to reduce tumor size."

"The vaccine elicits a very strong immune response. It activates all three components of the immune system to reduce tumor size."

- Study leader Professor Geert-Jan Boons

Co-author Professor Sandra Gendler, of the Mayo Clinic in Arizona, added, "This is the first time a vaccine has been developed that trains the immune system to distinguish and kill cancer cells based on their different sugar structures."

British experts welcomed the findings. Dr Caitlin Palframan, of Breakthrough Breast Cancer, said: "This exciting new approach could lead to treatments for breast cancer patients who have few options."

But she said trials on patients are needed

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/12/13/cancer-vaccine-could-be-available-in-three-years/#ixzz1gWw2sbj4

jennyboog

Great news...this gives us hope and hope for our children too.  How great is it that we live in this time with all the research being done, thanks for posting Nancy.

kira1234

I pray they will follow through with the testing!

lmanalo

Recently they had a news segment about a field study/trial of a vaccine to block BC reoccurance being done in Seattle, I don't know if it is being tested any where else. The vaccine is only for women who have had BC and are Her2+. I don't know if they are going to have one for her2- but if they do I'll be signing up!

So far it's promising. They interviewed a lady that has been stage 4 for numerous years (12?) and she has been participating in the trials for a while. No side effects beyond injection site irritation similar to a tetnus shot. They say it could be ready within 3 years, FDA approved within 5. Also, based on this study their could be a vaccine against BC within 10. Wouldn't that be awsome!!!!