prostate cancer vaccine

In the Cuban province of Camagüey, located in the east of the country, the first stage of clinical trials on the road to certification of a therapeutic vaccine against prostate cancer, created by Cuban scientists. As reported in its pages portal medlinks.ru, the results of these tests, according to the Cuban government, can be called "successful."

The drug, which is in question here is a vaccine developed by Cuban specialists through programs of Havana Center for Bioengineering and genetics. According to the published information on the Sabbath, the development of Cuban scientists, known as the "Eberprovak," has been successfully tested on patients suffering from "cancer of the prostate in an advanced stage."

At the moment, scientists Liberty Island are busy preparing new vaccine trials, which at this time should be conducted with a large scale. As expected, the experiments will be conducted on the basis of medical institutions eastern provinces Holguin and Santiago de Cuba, with the participation of a large number of patients.

In view of the foregoing, it must be said that at present, prostate cancer is the Cuban doctors are among the most common diseases. According to the latest official data published by the end of 1998, the total number of Cubans affected by the disease at that time was close to two thousand people, while the total population of Cuba is 11.2 million.