Genetically engineered tobacco plants used to grow anti-lymphoma vaccine

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Reports in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences report that an experimental vaccines has triggered the immune systems of eleven (out of sixteen) patients to attack their tumors. The patients are afflicted with what is called follicular B-cell lymphoma. Dangerous side effects? None.

The interesting part? The vaccine was grown courtesy of some genetically engineered tobacco plants.

Of course, all of the patients were also receiving chemotherapy at the time, so it may be difficult to tell which results may be attributed to the vaccine itself

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A full scale comparative study of methods for generation of functional Dendritic cells for use as cancer vaccines

Reviver submitted, created time 1 year 4 months (www.biomedcentral.com)

"Researchers results indicate that mature Fast DC are functional antigen presenting cells (APCs) capable of inducing primary T-cell responses, and suggest that these cells may be valuable for generation of anti-tumor vaccines. "

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