TY - JOUR T1 - A unique vaccine for birth control and treatment of advanced stage cancers secreting ectopically human chorionic gonadotropin A1 - Talwar, Gursaran P A1 - Gupta, Jagdish C A1 - Purswani, Shilpi A1 - Vyas, Hemant K A1 - Nand, Kripa N A1 - Pal, Priyanka A1 - Ella, Krishna M Y1 - 2021/// KW - Prevention of pregnancy KW - recombinant vaccine KW - Mycobacterium indicus pranii adjuvant KW - monoclonal antibody KW - cancers JF - Exploration of Immunology VL - 1 IS - 5 SP - 398 EP - 405 DO - 10.37349/ei.2021.00026 UR - https://www.explorationpub.com/Journals/ei/Article/100326 N2 - This article is a tribute and homage to Gerard Chaouat who invited me to contribute this article. My years in France have remained very memorable to me. Reviewed briefly is the vaccine that was made against human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) to prevent unwanted pregnancy in sexually active women. It has now been developed as a genetically engineered recombinant vaccine and passed onto industry for its production under good manufacturing practices (GMP) conditions for confirmatory trials. The trials have received the approval of the Drugs Controller General of India. The trials have started but have been interrupted by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This vaccine is likely to have another highly beneficial application in the treatment of cancers expressing ectopically hCG. ER -