Tag: bacteria

  • MIT and UCSD researchers program E. coli to destroy tumor cells

    MIT and UCSD researchers program E. coli to destroy tumor cells

    Researchers at MIT and the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) have recruited some new soldiers in the fight against cancer — bacteria. In a study appearing in the July 20 of Nature, the scientists programmed harmless strains of bacteria to deliver toxic payloads. When deployed together with a traditional cancer drug, the bacteria…