Terapeutiska vacciner mot cancer och infektionssjukdomar. Stora möjligheter i forskningen - små framsteg i kliniken hittills
Engelsk titel: Therapeutic vaccines against cancer and infectious diseases. Great possibilities in the research - small clinical progress so far
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Författare:
Kiessling R
;
Ljungberg K
;
Von Gabain A
Email: rolf.kiessling@ki.se
Språk: Swe
Antal referenser: 5
Dokumenttyp:
Översikt
UI-nummer: 08091864
Sammanfattning
Conventionally, immunizations associated with infectious diseases are administered before the person develops clinical symptoms of the illness. Progress in the technology of ”prophylactic” vaccines have paved the way for the development of ”therapeutic” vaccines that are administered after the onset of clinical symptoms. Significant investment and effort is ongoing towards developing therapeutic vaccines both by the academic sector as well as the pharmaceutical industry. Research in this discipline traverses subjects like infectious immunity, tumor immunology and autoimmunity. By combining different approaches to vaccination with varied adjuvants and immune boosters, it is anticipated that the future treatment or illnesses like cancer, autoimmunity and infectious diseases will include specific vaccination therapies.