New test to predict effectiveness of cancer vaccines

Many therapeutic cancer vaccines that are currently being developed are designed to direct the immune system against altered cancer-cell proteins. However, these vaccines can only be effective if the tumor cells present the altered protein to the immune system in a perfectly matching shape. Scientists have now described a test to predict whether this prerequisite for effective tumor vaccination is fulfilled.



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