METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS RELATING TO A VACCINE AGAINST PROSTATE CANCER

摘要

An object of the invention is to provide methods and compositions relating t o a vaccine against prostate cancer which includes a non- human -primate PSA f or administration to humans to provide an immune response against human PSA. Mo re generally, an object of the invention is to provide methods and compositions relating to using a non-human primate xenogeneic antigen (e. g. protein) in a human, wherein, with respect to the non-human primate xenogeneic antigen tha t is used, there are relatively few interspecies differences between the non- human primate xenogeneic antigen and the human self antigen in order to indu ce an optimal immune response in the human to its native self antigen.