Oral vaccine could fight colorectal cancer

Image caption: By modifying the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, researchers are developing a promising vaccine against colorectal cancer. Image credit: CDC via Unsplash. (photo rotated 90° clockwise). Article posted by Gregory Filiano-Stony Brook. Futurity – February 28, 2026. Research article: Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. Source: Stony Brook University.

A research team investigating the use of the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes against colorectal cancer has discovered a way to build a modified version of Listeria as an oral vaccine to prime the immune system directly within the gut, where anti-tumor cells are then generated. […]

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