Personalized cancer vaccines

(Ecole Polytechnique F é d é rale de Lausanne) The only therapeutic cancer vaccine available on the market has so far showed very limited efficacy in clinical trials. EPFL researchers are currently working on an alternative. They have developed a platform that allows a cancer vaccine to be delivered to a precise location and stimulate the immune system in a safe way -- thereby overcoming one of the two obstacles to creating an effective vaccine.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news