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Cancer breakthrough possible in Canada

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JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) -

Scientists in Canada have made what's being called a breakthrough in cancer research.

Researchers at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute are working on a personalized vaccine. The project is led by Dr. John C Bell.

The vaccine would make your body fight off cancer, instead of using toxic drugs.

The personalized vaccine would mix a patient's tumor with a virus that targets and kills cancer cells. Together it alerts the immune system what to do.

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