Anticancer Bacteriobots
March 11, 2014 | Terry Sharrer
Here’s a new example of multimodalities in anticancer strategy: South Korean scientists have inserted nanocapsules containing anticancer drugs into genetically modified, non-toxic salmonella bacteria. The bacteria hone in on VEGF produced by solid tumors and deliver the chemotherapy to cancer cells alone. The name of this creation is “bacteriobot.” See the video. MORE WITH VIDEO
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