Prostate cancer vaccine '5 years away' - Australia

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http://news.smh.com.au/prostate-cancer-vaccine-5-years-away/20080206-1qi1.html

A

world-first therapeutic vaccine for prostate cancer could be available in five

years' time, an Australian researcher says.

One in

nine Australian men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year and more than

3,000 die from it.

Brisbane's

Mater Medical Research Institute (MMRI) is conducting phase one clinical trials

on the white dendritic cell vaccine which helps " re-educate " a

patient's immune system.

Eight

patients had already received the vaccine, said MMRI director Professor

Hart.

" They

have shown that the therapy is safe, which is the first point, " Prof Hart

said.