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Zachary Hartman

Zachary Hartman

Associate Professor, Departments of Surgery, Integrative Immunology and Pathology, Duke University

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Notable Quotes

"We were stunned to see such durable immune responses so many years later."

"The real promise of it is that you could eliminate cancer cells throughout the body. You're not just suppressing them temporarily, but you could actually teach your body to go after them."

Stories

Therapeutic cancer vaccines emerge from decades of development

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Senior author on CD27 study

Metastatic breast cancer typically kills most patients within five years. A small group of women vaccinated in a Duke University clinical trial two decades ago have defied that prognosis entirelyโ€”all remain alive today. Researchers discovered these survivors still carry specialized immune cells capable of recognizing their cancer, pointing to a mechanism that could make therapeutic cancer vaccines work reliably.

Updated Jan 31