"New 'Cancer Vaccine' Attacks Tumors from Within" - Dennis Thompson
A new method of brewing a cancer vaccine inside a patient's tumor could harness the power of the immune system to destroy the disease, researchers report. Immune stimulants are injected directly into a tumor, which teaches the immune system to recognize and destroy all similar cancer cells throughout the body, said senior researcher Joshua Brody, MD, director of the lymphoma immunotherapy program and assistant professor of medicine, hematology, and medical oncology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Essentially, the method turns the injected tumor into a cancer vaccine factory. This vaccine is therapeutic. "We're trying to teach the immune system to get rid of the thing even after you've already got the problem," he said.
— Joshua Brody, MD, Director, Lymphoma Immunotherapy Program, Assistant Professor, Medicine, Hematology, Medical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
— Linda Hammerich, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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