The vaccine, studied first as a preventive strategy for brain tumors, completely prevented brain tumor formation in laboratory rats. In contrast, all of the rats that did not receive the vaccine developed very aggressive brain tumors. "The results of our study are very encouraging. The 100 percent protection is pretty dramatic," said Dr. Linda Liauand lead author of the journal article. "However, we don't yet have ways to determine who is at high risk of developing brain tumors. So our next step is to begin preliminary testing of this vaccine as a possible treatment strategy for brain tumors."
Taken from KNBC-TV "OnTheVerge" Sept, 18 2007
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