People with advanced cancers have weakened immune system and this vaccine will help stimulate immune cells to kill the tumor cells.
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‘A vaccine containing the enzyme human telomerase reverse transcriptase is being tested against terminal cancer in the UK.’
People with advanced cancers have weakened immune system and, therefore, this vaccine will help stimulate immune cells to kill only the tumor cells and not the healthy ones. The vaccine contains a small fragment of protein from an enzyme called human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT). The vaccine has been currently injected to Ms Kelly diagnosed with stage four cervical cancer. She is eligible for this trial because her cancer has spread to other parts of the body. Along with the vaccine, Kelly will also receive low doses of chemotherapy drug to stimulate an effective immune response against tumor cells.
“We know that the immune system in patients with advanced cancer is suppressed, so it’s unable to recognize and kill cancer cells,” said Professor Hardev Pandah, principal investigator on the trial from the University of Surrey in Guildford.
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The trial is underway, and the researchers hope that the vaccine will destroy the tumors effectively without causing any side effects.
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