Cancer Vaccines

FEATURE/Cancer Vaccine Based on Listeria Aims to Stop and Eradicate Breast Cancers

Published in Vaccine Weekly, September 26th, 2007

Researchers continue to search for a treatment to eradicate cancer, one of the mankind's greatest afflictions and although a "cure" remains elusive, a vaccine to treat and prevent it may just be on the horizon.

Yvonne Paterson, Ph.D., a scientist who is also a breast cancer survivor, and her team of researchers appear to have taken a giant step forward by developing of a series of cancer-fighting vaccines that appear to be able to stop and even reverse cancer growth.

Central to this discovery is the microbe Listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium found in milk, cheese and other dairy products. This common microorganism apparently aids in fighting cancer...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2007-09-26)

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