Personal cancer vaccine research 'exciting' say experts

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Tailor-made cancer vaccines that target unique genetic errors in a patient's tumour have been developed in the US.

Safety tests on three people, published in the journal Science, showed the immune system could be trained to fight skin cancers.

The American team say the early results mark a "significant step" towards personalised cancer vaccines.

The charity Cancer Research UK called the tests an "exciting but very early-stage trial".

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[still_one]

1. Anyone watching the pbs ken burns 3 part series "the emporor of maladies". This was discussed.

a lot of progress has been made, but they have just scratched the surface. Some cancers are caus d by a virus like HPV and Hepatitis B, which there are vaccines for

Other cancers are due to genetic errors, which is what the human genome is all about

One thing is that certain, they need funding, both the NCI and the NIH. Congress has been cutting funding from a lot of scientific institutions, and that has to stop

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. I thought that the PBS series was quite well done - captured well the roller coaster

of discoveries - from initial promise to eventual failure because we need to continue to learn the science and genetics of so many factors. It was fascinating - and the last episode did offer glimpses of real breakthroughs. And, yes, money is going to be needed. Lots of it.

[still_one]

3. Wasn't'the it though. I thought the historical perspective was terrific