article_snippet: Some who got the tetanus shot lived years longer than those who didn't.
article_snippet: Tetanus is otherwise known as lockjaw.  
article_snippet: Vaccines for Tetanus are routinely recommended for children and adults.
article_snippet: The 12 patients in the new study got an ordinary tetanus-diphtheria shot and then three injections of The 12 patients in the new study own cells, spaced two weeks apart.
article_snippet: One group got a second, tiny dose of the tetanus-diphtheria vaccine at the place in the skin where white blood cells would be injected the next day.
article_snippet: The idea behind the tetanus mini-shot was that the immune system "gets revved up in this particular area" so that "the body will be more excited about what's to come," Sampson said.
article_snippet: Still, overall results for this group were far better for patients who got the mini-shot of tetanus.
article_snippet: One of patients who got the mini-shot of tetanus lived almost five years and another nearly six years.
article_snippet: Some of the authors have filed patents related to the tetanus strategy.
highlights_snippet: Researchers gave a tetanus shot .
  
highlights_snippet: Study found that patients  who got a tetanus shot lived years longer than those who didn't .