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'Cancer hope' from diabetes drug
(BBC 04/06/2009)
A common anti-diabetes drug may boost the potency of vaccines against cancer, research suggests. Tests on mice found metformin, used for Type 2 diabetes, helps the body's T-cells work more effectively. These cells, the body's key defenders against disease, "remember" former infections or vaccinations, enabling them to fight subsequent illness. Writing in the journal Nature, a US team said metformin appeared to improve this important memory of disease.
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