3.2. How do the therapeutic cancer vaccines work? Therapeutic vaccines do not directly kill cancer cells. Their aim is to activate and instruct the dendritic cells‚ by making them capable of inducing a specific anti-tumour immune response. In particular‚ the aim of therapeutic cancer vaccination is to activate cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL)‚ which are the main soldiers of the immune system against cancer cells. 3.2.1 What are dendritic cells and why are they important? Dendritic cells are a family
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Childhood cancer is a very serious topic and something thousands of children deal with. Today‚ because of so many children surviving the disease‚ we need to focus on their life after cancer. Just because a child does not have cancer anymore does not mean that their life is now stressed free. Cancer puts children through so many stressful life events that can often cause Posttraumatic stress disorder. Childhood cancer is a very devastating event that places patients at increased risk for disruption
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either survived or lost their life to it. After the rain stops‚ the event really begins to start. They start the music and everyone is dancing. They have their special dance group that comes every year and does a few dance numbers. The dictator of the cancer society asks for all the survivors to come up on stage so everyone can show their support to them. After a few stories and a few more dance number the walk begins. We make a tunnel for the survivors to walk through as they walk to the pink and
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Breast Cancer is the number one disease for women in the United States of America. Over 1 million women have had this disease‚ some have survived or they’re deceased. Scientist over the years has been researching this disease to find a cure. Breast Cancer is a tumor that starts in the cells of the breast. The way the cancer forms‚ the tumor is a group of cancer cells that grows into a surrounding of tissues or areas of the body. Breast Cancer can come from your family history‚ race and ethnicity
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Families of Children with Cancer Families of Children with Cancer Allison Hershberger HCA/240 Health and Disease Kathalene Harris February 27‚ 2013 Families of children with cancer There are many different types of cancer that are well known‚ not all of them are commonly found in children. The most common cancer we find in children today is Leukemia. What causes cancer cells to form? A
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Cancer. Does anyone have a guess at how people it’s going to affect? It’s going to affect 1 out of 2 of us and 1 out of 4 of us will die from it. With all of its special abilities ranging from making abnormal cells grow at a rapid pace to hijacking normal protective checkpoints in our immune system‚ it’s almost impossible to create one nice cure for this disease. Each case is different since cancer doesn’t have a uniform way of attack. It just keeps on going until the human body can’t take it anymore
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Dr. Rich stated in a report that cancer is the number one killer of Americans under age 85‚ not heart disease. Reports from the media stated that only very old Americans continue to die of heart disease than cancer; however‚ heart disease remains the number one killer among certain age groups. These age groups include men ages 40-59 and in older adults ages 75-84 (Heart Health Center). Dr. Rich proclaims that most Americans are more likely to die of either cancer or heart disease. Heart disease
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Article Review: Cancer 1. Gibbs‚ W W. "Untangling the Roots of Cancer." Scientific American July 2003: 56-65. Print. 2. In the human body‚ cells are constantly going through the cell cycle. An important step of the cell cycle is called mitosis‚ in which the cell (referred to as the parent cell) undergoes a series of steps that lead to the formation of two daughter cells. This process only occurs in somatic cells‚ which are any non-gamete cells. Gametes are haploid (containing only half of a full
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Chemotherapy Chemotherapy is the process of using various chemicals to treat diseases such as cancer. This process can be delivered by infusion through a catheter‚ by injection‚ or in tablet form. These chemicals target the cause of the disease and try to kill it off. In the case of cancer‚ toxic substances are used to kill rapidly dividing cancer cells. These substances alter cancer cell division or DNA function and synthesis (“Chemotherapy”). However‚ chemotherapy is very controversial as there
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High fat diet = cancer? OH NO!! Breast cancer is a global disease that even though it is very serious‚ early detection can make a huge difference in a female individual. My article discusses the idea‚ and it is an idea because as stated‚ it is a preliminary finding which requires further investigation‚ nevertheless‚ I think it’s good to start from somewhere. The article states that high fat diet during puberty increases the risk of breast cancer. The finding was made through a study from the Breast
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