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Breast Cancer Vaccine Trials To Start Within Two Years

A biotech company owned by the Cleveland Clinic has developed a vaccine for breast cancer.Clinic physician Vincent Tuohy says the vaccine follows eleven years of research into a solution for women at risk of the most-lethal forms of breast cancer. He says it stimulates a person's immune system to target cancer cells.

Tuohy says clinical trials are expected to begin within two years.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.