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Vaccine for brain tumors shows promising results
11-16-2006 · EurekAlert!A vaccine for treating a recurrent cancer of the central nervous system that occurs primarily in the brain, known as glioma, has shown promising results in preliminary data from a clinical trial at UCSF Medical Center.
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- UCSF brain tumor vaccine trial shows promising results
04-16-2007 · EurekAlert!
A vaccine for treating a recurrent cancer of the central nervous system that occurs primarily in the brain has shown promise in preliminary data from a clinical trial at the University of California, San Francisco.
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- Carnegie Mellon University research shows how sensory-deprived brain compensates
04-17-2007 · EurekAlert!
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