Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Breast Cancer Breakthrough?

After 10 years of work a breast cancer vaccine is entering human trials. This vaccine will not prevent a woman from getting breast cancer like the HPV vaccine would help prevent a woman from getting HPV.

Instead, the breast cancer vaccine would be a supplemental treatment option. It works by mimicking the antigens found on the surface of cancer cells and eliciting an immune system response.

You can read more about this vaccine here.

Breast cancer is a leading cause of death among women, hopefully the vaccine can help save our mothers, wives, and sisters from death or disfigurement.

Interestingly enough, this vaccine was funded with 6 year, 2.9 million dollar grant from the US Department of Defense.

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