Scientists are developing cancer-eating bacteria designed to grow inside oxygen-free tumors and attack cancer from within.

Using bacteria to attack cancer cells is not a new idea, but the Waterloo researchers have engineered a solution to one of the biggest challenges inherent to the method.

Researchers created an oral cancer vaccine using a food poisoning bacterium that helps the immune system detect and attack colorectal tumors.

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A new study has helped to uncover how bacterial proteins work as a network to take control of our cells. The research, co-led by scientists at Imperial College London, and The Institute of Cancer ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the pathogen responsible for tuberculosis, has evolved a remarkably layered set of molecular ...

Weill Cornell Medicine investigators discovered that unique bacteria colonize the gut shortly after birth and make the neurotransmitter serotonin to educate gut immune cells. This prevents allergic ...