title: Recent patents on live bacteria and their products as potential anticancer agents.
abstract: This review intends to provide a comprehensive coverage of the various patents, published or issued, since 2007 on live or attenuated bacteria as potential anticancer agents, as well as microbial products including toxins, enzymes, antibiotics, various proteins and peptides as well as other small molecular weight products. Below is a list of such published/issued patents and a summary of the main contents of many such patents.
authors: Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, 835 South Wolcott Avenue, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. afialho@ist.utl.pt
authors: Arsenio M
authors: AM
authors: Fialho
authors: Nuno
authors: N
authors: Bernardes
authors: Ananda M
authors: AM
authors: Chakrabarty
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D050296:Microbial Viability / Q000276:immunology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D010330:Patents as Topic; D012475:Salmonella / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents