Vaccine Research

Cancer Vaccines

Antiretroviral drugs  n are prescribed for healthy people to help prevent infections, such as measles and leprosy. These vaccines use weakened or killed germs such as germs or bacteria to trigger an immune response. Many cancer vaccines work in the same way, but they cause the human immune system to invade cancer cells. Cancer treatments are different from antiretroviral drugs. These vaccines try to make the immune system attack the cancer cells in the body. Some cancer vaccines are made up of cancer cells and parts of cells, or pure antigens. Sometimes a patient's body cells are separated and exposed to these laboratory substances to create a vaccine. Once the vaccine is ready, it is injected into the body to increase the body's resistance to cancer cells. Cancer drugs cause the immune system to attack cells with one or more antigens. The immune system contains special memory cells, it is hoped that the vaccine may continue to function for a long time after being given.