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Oxford team receives $800K from CRUK to create vaccine for ovarian cancer

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Scientists at the University of Oxford are designing OvarianVax, a vaccine which teaches the immune system to recognise and attack the earliest stages of ovarian cancer. The team will receive up to £600,000 (approximately US$800,000) for the study over the next three years to support lab research into the vaccine.

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