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Vaccine for Asbestos-Related Cancer Looks Safe

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Researchers in the Netherlands tested the vaccine -- which infuses a patient’s own dendritic cells with antigen from the patient’s tumor -- on 10 patients and found that it induced an immune T-cell response against mesothelioma tumors. This is the first time DC-based immunotherapy has been tested in patients with mesothelioma, which typically occurs in the lungs but can arise at ot...


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