Can a common parasite treat certain types of cancer?

The research was led by researchers from the University of Nottingham and Shanxi Agricultural University and was published in the Journal for ImmunoTherapy Cancer

In order to overcome certain cancers, prevent tumor deterioration, prolong the lives of patients, and improve the therapeutic effect of certain types of tumors is essential

The scientists who led the study believe that this discovery may have broader therapeutic implications for a variety of cancers

The team successfully "tamed" Toxoplasma gondii, a single-celled protozoan that can infect various warm-blooded animals.

Toxoplasma gondii must live in the host's cells and secrete many proteins to fight the host's immune defense and promote its own invasion and colonization of host cells

Researchers have shown that direct injection of this mutant parasite into a solid tumor can trigger an inflammatory response in the injected tumor, or even in a tumor at a remote location in the mouse

This dual treatment significantly prolonged the survival time of mice and reduced tumor growth in mouse models of melanoma, Lewis lung cancer, and colon adenocarcinoma

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"These findings are of great significance and are related to future tumor treatments

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Synergy between Toxoplasma gondii type I ΔGRA17 immunotherapy and PD-L1 checkpoint inhibition triggers the regression of targeted and distal tumors