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skin cancer shot under fast track development

Submitted by rlewis on 17 November, 2008 - 14:48.
17/11/2008
Daily Mail
By: Presswatch
Skin cancer vaccine "to be ready in five years"
A jab to prevent skin cancer could be available in five years, a leading scientist claims. Professor Ian Frazer, who developed the first vaccine against cervical cancer, said tests on animals had been successful, and human trials could begin next year. The vaccine would be given to children aged between ten and 12 to prevent them from developing skin cancer in later life. The research, to be presented at the Australian Health and Medical Research Congress today, will show the jab targets papillomavirus, a common infection that can turn abnormal cells into cancer.



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