A vaccine has been developed by a group of scientists that can aid in protecting against breast cancer and can also treat those suffering from the disease.

The shot of vaccine is meant for women over 40 that prevents them getting breast cancer. This shot is at present under trial for a year, has shown to stop tumour formation and also attacks the ones which are being developed.

This breakthrough will help cure up to 70 percent of breast cancers, saving more than 8,000 lives a year in Britain alone, The Telegraph reported. Vincent Tuohy, the jab's creator pledges that the vaccine offers "substantial protection" and aims at wiping off the disease altogether.

The vaccine constitutes of a protein called alpha-lactalbumin that lurks in most breast cancer tumours, when tested on mice the drug was found to keep them free of tumours, the journal Nature Medicine reports. It also showed the shrinking off pre-existing tumours up to half of their size.

In eve of this occasion Caitlin Palframan, of Breakthrough Breast Cancer, stated: "This research could have important implications for how we might prevent breast cancer in the future. However, this is an early stage study, and we look forward to seeing the results of large-scale clinical trials to find out if this vaccine would be safe and effective on humans.