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Asked by matthew7421 to Barbara on 21 Jun 2011.
Question: Have you killed any cancer cells in sombody?
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Barbara Guinn answered on 21 Jun 2011:
Not me! But that is what we want to do. We have to spend a long time proving what we want to do is safe for patients and is likely to help them get better – which is why it takes a long time. But the vaccine we want to use is being used with a different bit of protein to treat men with prostate cancer and soon people with leukaemia. We are hoping the vaccine will be used with my bit of protein next. So maybe within 2 years. Does the vaccine kill cancer cells? We think so.
And thank you for a great question Matthew7421
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Andy commented on :
Congrats for making it this far, Barbara. I hope that you win tomorrow – you deserve it!
Barbara commented on :
Wow, thank you. That’s soooo kind. I definately don’t think any of the 5 of us should have been evicted and I think you have been brilliant – so engaged and so interesting. I hope we get to meet next week. All the best tomorrow. I hope we both win!!