Cancer Vaccines and Tumor Immunity

Книга Cancer Vaccines and Tumor Immunity Cancer Vaccines and Tumor ImmunityКниги Медицина Автор: Rimas Orentas, James W. Hodge, Bryon D., PhD Johnson Год издания: 2008 Формат: pdf Издат.:Wiley-Liss Страниц: 334 Размер: 2,3 Mb ISBN: 0470074744 Язык: Английский0 (голосов: 0) Оценка:Cancer vaccine development has changed from a small-scale academic enterprise in to an applied science requiring a large clinical research infrastructure. In this book, a team of expert contributors take a focused look at the hot emerging area of cancer vaccines and tumor immunity. Cancer Vaccines and Tumor Immunity serves a unique role in that it presents as a continuum the basic science discoveries that have moved forward into clinical trials. It is a one-stop, concise reference for all those interested in cancer vaccines, summarizing where we have come from, demonstrating what we are currently doing, and identifying the next major advances. Discusses how our new and developing understanding of T-regulatory cells and autoimmunity will impact cancer vaccine design Offers a unique look forward into how vaccination in the context of bone marrow transplantation will open new avenues for clinical study Offers an exceptional presentation of how modern genomic analysis of normal and tumor tissue will help to identify the next generation of cancer vaccine targets