Salmonella Bacteria Turned Into Cancer Fighting Robots

Neil Forbes of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a four year grant of more than $1 million from the National Institutes of Health to research killing cancer tumors with Salmonella bacteria. Forbes turns the bacteria into tiny terminator robots that use their own flagella to venture deep into tumors where conventional chemotherapy can’t reach. Once in place, the bacteria manufacture drugs that trigger cancer cells to kill themselves.

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Filed under: Cancer on March 3rd, 2008