The core of a solid, cancerous tumor is comprised of dead cells and is oxygen-free, making it an ideal breeding ground for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers say they've developed a new way to treat cancer by engineering bacteria to eat tumors from the inside out. While ...

Researchers are engineering bacteria to invade tumors and consume them from the inside. Because tumor cores lack oxygen, they’re the perfect breeding ground for these microbes. The team added a ...

A research team led by the University of Waterloo is developing a novel tool to treat cancer by engineering hungry bacteria to literally eat tumours from the inside out. “Bacteria spores enter the ...