A clinical trial is currently underway to investigate a new vaccine called CDX-110, which is used to treat brain cancer. This vaccine prompts the immune system to attack foreign invaders in the body, in this case the cancerous cells. The vaccine causes white blood cells, known as T-cells to attach the tumor. T-cells assist the immune system, and they attack malignant cells due to their different genetic makeup than normal cells in the body. Unlike chemotherapy, which is very harmful to all living cells in the body, CDX-110 creates an immune system stimulant that is precise—attacking only foreign cells.
What if a similar approach can be implemented to target and cure all diseases associated with the immune system? What if we could create a vaccine to simulate Cytotoxic T-cells, whose purpose is to destroy virally infected cells? This holds the potential of creating a vaccine that would target the AIDS virus before it completely engulfs the immune system.
The best approach would to formulate a strain of vaccines for every single disease and infection that currently exist. But is it possible?
