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Paramyxoviruses for Tumor-targeted Immunomodulation: Design and Evaluation Ex Vivo
Published on: January 7, 2019
[Harald zur Hausen--a scientist with passion. Vaccine against cervical cancer]
1Załdad Immunoparazytologii, Katedra Immunologii i Biologii Infekcyjnej, Uniwersytet Łódzki, ul. Banacha 12/16, 90-237 Łódź. hdlugo@biol.uni.lodz.pl
Abstract:
The profile of Harald zur Hausen, German virologist and Nobel-Prize winner for medicine in 2008, is presented in the context of his life and scientific achievements. The studies of zur Hausen on oncogenic viruses submitted a finding that chronic infection with certain highly invasive human papilloma viruses (HPV16 and HPV18 types) causes cervix carcinoma. The discovery was a starting point to successful construction of biosynthetic preventive vaccines against this carcinoma, such as "Gardasil" and "Cervarix".
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