15 May 2026

The personalized treatment encourages the immune system to attack the tumours called glioblastomas.

People with the brain tumour glioblastoma (shown in light yellow) survive for a median time of less than 18 months. Credit: Dr P. Marazzi/SPL

In an early clinical trial, a personalized vaccine safely stimulated the immune systems of people with a fatal type of brain tumour called glioblastoma, which has a median survival time of less than 18 months1.

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