DNA Vaccines as Cancer Treatment
By Edward Cohen, Morton Schatzman
No longer limited to warding against infectious agents, vaccines may help treat diseases after they have been diagnosed
This Article From Issue
July-August 1999
Volume 87, Number 4
Page 328
DOI: 10.1511/1999.30.328
In human society, the fear of foreigners is the source of many troubles. But within a living organism, a little xenophobia goes a long way. In fact an entire organ system—the immune system—is devoted to distinguishing "self" from "foreign" and eliminating the foreign.
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