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Scientists Engineered Bacteria to Invade and Destroy Cancer Tumors From the Inside Out
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Scientists Engineered Bacteria to Invade and Destroy Cancer Tumors From the Inside Out

Cancer research has produced some extraordinary breakthroughs over the past decade, but few approaches are as audacious as what a team at the University of Waterloo is now building. Researchers have engineered bacteria to invade solid tumors, colonize their oxygen-free cores, and consume cancer tissue from within. What sounds like science fiction is backed by…