Doctors Intrigued by Shot That Prevents Multiple Types of Cancer in Mice

Researchers have come up with a new nanoparticle vaccine that they say can prevent or slow down numerous cancers in mice.

The team, led by University of Massachusetts Amherst biomedical engineering researcher Prabhani Atukorale, claims that the vaccine could one day prevent multiple cancer types from spreading in the body for high-risk patients.

“By engineering these nanoparticles to activate the immune system via multi-pathway activation that combines with cancer-specific antigens, we can prevent tumor growth with remarkable survival rates,” said Atukorale in a statement.

As detailed in a new paper published in the journal Cell Reports Medicine, the shot works by encasing adjuvants, which substances that increase or modulate the immune response to a vaccine, and melanoma peptide antige