John Gibb
Otago Daily Times
05/05/2010
A powerful new vaccine therapy for colorectal cancer is likely to emerge from “highly promising” University of Otago research, which is moving closer to human clinical trials.
This smart form of therapy uses harmless viral shells derived from rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus to deliver immunising tumour proteins.
The same approach could also be applied to a wide range of human cancers, researchers say.
This is one of several cutting-edge Otago research projects involving sciences, medical sciences and humanities which will be outlined to parliamentarians, senior ministry officials and scientists in a briefing at Parliament this evening.
The projects are being led by members of the O-Zone group of award-winning young Otago University scholars.
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