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March 22, 2002
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS
"Tetanus, New Weapon in the Fight Against Breast
Cancer"
Press Association (UK) (www.pressassociation.press.net)
(03/20/02); Borg, Laura
At the recent European Breast Cancer Conference
in Barcelona, doctors revealed that the tetanus toxin is being used to create a
vaccine against breast cancer. The vaccine, called Auto Vac, is currently in
trials. Auto Vac is designed to activate the body's natural immune system and
train it to destroy cancer cells while at the same time leaving normal tissue
containing similar proteins alone. According to Dr. Dana Leach, manager of
pre-clinical development and immunopharmacology at the Pharmexa, the Danish
company that created Auto Vac, the trial involves 27 patients with advanced
breast cancer and it is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
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