Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have developed a therapy for pancreatic cancer that uses Listeria bacteria to selectively infect tumor cells and deliver radioisotopes into them. The experimental treatment dramatically decreased the number of metastases in a mouse model of highly aggressive pancreatic cancer without harming healthy tissue. Read more here.
Study mentioned: Quispe-Tintaya W, et al. Nontoxic radioactive Listeriaat is a highly effective therapy against metastatic pancreatic cancer. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Apr 22. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 23610422
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