Vectors

Food pathogen vector shows promise against cancer

Published in Cancer Weekly, December 3rd, 2002

Listeria and certain strains of Escherichia coli are the scourge of picnics, but researchers at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and London's Hammersmith Hospital show in a recent study that combining bacterial components of these bad bugs can create a powerful vector against melanoma-challenged mice.

For the last 4 decades, researchers have poked and prodded E. coli and L. monocytogenes - the basic science trade names of these sometimes deadly bugs - to discover how they interact with the immune system, invade cells, rob them of nutrients, and blossom within other cells to eventually shut down necessary bodily functions. From his work with...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2002-12-03)

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