Listeria monocytogenes is a gram-positive bacteria and human pathogen widely used in cancer immunotherapy because of its capacity to induce a specific cytotoxic T cell response in tumours.
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These results support the use of low doses of pathogenic Listeri as safe melanoma therapeutic vaccines that do not require antibiotics for bacterial removal.
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