EP HUMAN BIOLOGY-MODIFIED MASTERING
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ISBN: 9780134326436
Author: Johnson
Publisher: PEARSON CO
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The cancerous cells are formed in the body on a routine basis and they are destroyed by the immune system. The cells, which fails to get destroyed by the immune system turns into the tumor or cancerous cells. Vaccine for cancer is the vaccine given to either treat the disease or prevent its development. Some of these vaccines are prepared from the samples taken from the patient itself. It is known as antilogous. These vaccines are specific to that patient.
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