Scientists have announced a significant breakthrough in the fight against cancer, developing a vaccine that has the potential for programming the immune system to destroy cancer cells at different stages of the disease. This discovery can change approaches to the treatment of cancer and become the basis for new therapy.
Scientists at Columbia University have created a vaccine that allows you to teach the human immune system to destroy cancer cells. In this case, healthy tissues will remain intact.
The new vaccine can help with the primary tumor and metastases and prevent possible recurrence. It will also be "personalized" because the cancer is always unique: tumor cells carry certain genetic mutations.
This will allow you to cope with almost any tumors-yes, during the tests of mice managed to defeat the cancer of the intestine and melanoma. Scientists are now preparing to test new patient therapy.
