Pitt researchers find promising candidate protein for cancer prevention vaccines

Wednesday, August 5, 2009 - 04:07 in Health & Medicine

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have learned that some healthy people naturally developed an immune response against a protein that is made in excess levels in many cancers, including breast, lung, and head and neck cancers. The finding suggests that a vaccine against the protein might prevent malignancies in high-risk individuals...

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