Microscopic healthcare workers: how bacteria are being used to treat cancer

Beating cancer by eating cancer Researchers engineer bacteria capable of consuming tumours from the inside out At first glance, infecting yourself with bacteria to get healthy sounds counterintuitive. How could something that gets us sick make us better? But bacteria, like people, come in many varieties: some are beneficial which we consider symbiotic and someContinueContinue reading “Microscopic healthcare workers: how bacteria are being used to treat cancer”

Inside A Microscopic Factory: How Bacteria Organize Proteins For Infection

Serine phosphorylation of CesT by the type III secretion system effectors NleH1 and NleH2 regulates antagonization of CsrA in enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Esther Tang 1, Angeline C Beltran 1, Senthuran Mahendradeva 1, Abiali A Badani 1, Dustin J Little Like pirates boarding a ship they’re about to raid, food-poisoning bacteria inject proteins into the cells lining our small intestine to hijack them. This createsContinueContinue reading “Inside A Microscopic Factory: How Bacteria Organize Proteins For Infection”

Scientists Arm Immune Cells To Combat Aggressive Brain Tumors: Early Trial Results

Locoregional delivery of IL-13Rα2-targeting CAR-T cells in recurrent high-grade glioma: a phase 1 trial Christine E. Brown, Jonathan C. Hibbard, Darya Alizadeh, M. Suzette Blanchard, Heini M. Natri, Dongrui Wang, Julie R. Ostberg, Brenda Aguilar, Jamie R. Wagner, Jinny A. Paul, Renate Starr, Robyn A. Wong, Wuyang Chen, Noah Shulkin, Maryam Aftabizadeh, Aleksandr Filippov, AmmarContinueContinue reading “Scientists Arm Immune Cells To Combat Aggressive Brain Tumors: Early Trial Results”