Engineered Bacteria May Improve Precision Cancer Drug Delivery

Engineered bacteria may improve precision cancer drug delivery

Every year, millions of people are diagnosed with cancer globally; however, current treatments are limited by disease complexity.

Scientists Turn Bacteria Into Tiny Tumor Hunters That Kill Cancer

Scientists turned bacteria into tumor-hunting drug factories—hinting at a bold new way to fight cancer. Millions of people worldwide are diagnosed with cancer each year, yet treating the disease remains challenging due to its complexity. New research published today (March 17) in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Tianyu Jiang at Shandong University in Qingdao, [...]

Genetically Engineered Bacteria Target Tumors to Directly Deliver Cancer

In a groundbreaking advance that could reshape the future of oncology, researchers at Shandong University in Qingdao, China, have successfully engineered a probiotic bacterium, Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 (EcN), to biosynthesize and deliver an FDA-approved anticancer drug directly to tumor cells. This innovative strategy, detailed in a recent publication in PLOS Biology, combines cutting-edge synthetic […]

Engineered gut bugs target mouse tumours and hit them with cancer drug