New prospects for developing anti-cancer vaccines

Scientists in the US and Italy have announced scientific research on new therapies for anti-cancer treatment, which emphasizes the prospect of developing a vaccine against the disease without this effective cure.

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Research on cancer cells of humans and mice in the laboratory, scientists have discovered salmonella bacteria, bacteria that are toxic in food, can stimulate the human immune system to destroy the cell. cancer cells.

This finding could help researchers create immune cells that kill malignant tumors to inject into patients. These special immune cells are considered a vaccine that stimulates the immune system to kill cancer cells.

Dr. Maria Rescigno of the European Cancer Institute said the team first tested mice, then on cancer cells and immune cells in humans. This new cancer treatment is now ready to be tested directly on people with cancer.

Safe use of Salmonella bacteria does not cause disease which weakens cancer cells, enabling the immune system to detect and destroy them.

The US Food and Drug Administration approved the Provenge vaccine, which was developed by US-based biotech pharmaceutical company Dendreon to treat prostate cancer. This is the world's first cancer treatment vaccine.