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In this new video from Oxford Sparks, Professor David Church describes his research to develop vaccines to prevent cancer.

Making cancer curable is undoubtedly one of the biggest medical challenges we face. But what if we could actually prevent cancer from taking hold in the first place? That’s what Professor David Church and his team in the Centre for Human Genetics at the University of Oxford are investigating.

In a new documentary from the Oxford Sparks Team, David explains how vaccines could be used to train the immune system to recognise precancerous cells, and the implications for those living with a predisposition for certain cancers, such as those with Lynch syndrome.

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