Premium
Virus‐like particles for vaccination against cancer
Author(s) -
Mohsen Mona O.,
Speiser Daniel E.,
Knuth Alexander,
Bachmann Martin F.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
wiley interdisciplinary reviews: nanomedicine and nanobiotechnology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.175
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1939-0041
pISSN - 1939-5116
DOI - 10.1002/wnan.1579
Subject(s) - clinical trial , vaccination , cancer , immunotherapy , disease , virus , immune system , medicine , immunology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , human papilloma virus , virus like particle , cancer immunotherapy , cervical cancer , virology , biology , biochemistry , gene , recombinant dna
Active immunotherapy of cancer aims to treat the disease by inducing effective cellular and humoral immune responses. Virus‐like particle‐based vaccines have evolved dramatically over the last few decades, greatly reducing morbidity and mortality of several infectious diseases and expectedly preventing cervical cancer caused by human papilloma virus. In contrast to these broad successes of disease prevention, therapeutic cancer vaccines remain to demonstrate clinical benefit. Yet, several preclinical and clinical trials have revealed promising results and are paving the way for medical breakthroughs. This study reviews and discusses the recent preclinical development and clinical trials in this field. This article is categorized under: Biology‐Inspired Nanomaterials > Protein and Virus‐Based Structures Nanotechnology Approaches to Biology > Nanoscale Systems in Biology