Researchers at the University of Florida are moving closer to developing what they have described as a 'universal' cancer vaccine, according to a study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering. The vaccine would work by 'waking the immune system up against something that looks dangerous, and then that response spills over to recognize and reject the tumor,' says Elias Sayour, MD, co-author of the study, director of the Pediatric Cancer Immunotherapy Initiative, and principal investigator at the RNA Engineering Laboratory at the University of Florida. Sayour believes the vaccine would apply to all types of cancer, because the treatment would result in the immune system being able to 'recognize and reject all forms of cancer.'
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