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Melanoma and the immune system

close up of melanoma moles on skin.

About 300 people die of melanoma in New Zealand every year. Scientists at the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research are developing a therapeutic dendritic cell cancer vaccine for the treatment of melanoma.

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