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Rindopepimut (CDX-110) is an injectable peptide cancer vaccine [1] which targets a mutant protein called EGFRvIII present in about 25% to 30% of glioblastoma cases. [2]The vaccine consists of the EGFRv3-specific peptide (a 13-amino acid mutant vIII epitope [3]) conjugated to the non-specific immunomodulator keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH).
The peptides can be specially designed for specificity. A single peptide vaccine can be designed to have multiple epitopes to generate immune responses for several diseases. The vaccines only contain a short peptide chain, so they are less like to lead to allergic or auto-immune responses. Disadvantages: Poor immunogenicity. Unstable in cells.
NeuVax is a peptide vaccine aimed at preventing or delaying the recurrence of breast cancer in cancer survivors who achieve remission after standard of care treatment (e.g., surgery, radiation, chemotherapy). [1] The product's developer is the US biotechnology company Galena Biopharma.
Gp100:209-217(210M) is a synthetic peptide cancer vaccine consisting of amino acid residues 209 through 217 of the glycoprotein 100 (gp100) melanoma antigen, with a methionine substitution at position 210. [1] It is often referred to as the gp100 cancer vaccine which can also include other peptides based on gp100 (for example gp100:280-288(288V ...
Fontana, along with 35 others were given an immunotherapy drug alongside the vaccine. Liver cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths worldwide, accounting for over 700,000 deaths each ...
Several DC-based cancer vaccines have been developed including DC loaded with, tumor peptides or whole proteins, [6] with tumor-derived mRNA or DNA., [7] DC transduced with viral vectors such as retroviruses, [8] lentiviruses [9] adenoviruses, [10] fowl pox [11] and alphaviruses containing the tumor antigen or gene of interest, whole necrotic ...
A Florida woman is now cancer free and in recovery after receiving a trial vaccine at the Mayo Clinic earlier this year. ... She would receive the vaccine shot several times over a 12-week period ...
A cancer vaccine, or oncovaccine, is a vaccine that either treats existing cancer or prevents development of cancer. [1] Vaccines that treat existing cancer are known as therapeutic cancer vaccines or tumor antigen vaccines. Some of the vaccines are "autologous", being prepared from samples taken from the patient, and are specific to that patient.