All Cancer Microbiology articles – Page 14
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NewsEngineered bacteria track down tumours, then signal the immune cells
Researchers have created a ’bacterial suicide squad’ that targets tumours, attracting the host’s own immune cells to the cancer to destroy it.
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NewsBoosting gut microbiota helps healing after colorectal cancer surgery
Researchers have shown for the first time in mice that modifying intestinal flora before surgery could reduce postoperative complications in colorectal cancer patients.
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NewsZika virus may combat prostate cancer - but study highlights possible side-effect
When researchers analyzed zika’s effects on normal and cancer cells, they discovered that while the virus can be used to treat the disease, it may trigger a harmful inflammatory process and damage the male reproductive system.
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NewsViruses that kill cancer cells show promise for triple-negative breast cancer when combined with chemo
Researchers have shared positive results from a phase 2 clinical trial of an oncolytic virus combined with standard chemotherapy in patients with early stage triple-negative breast cancer.
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NewsSalmonella exposure poses a risk for colon cancer
Researchers who studied human colon cancer tissue samples and animal models have found that exposure to salmonella was linked with colon cancers that developed earlier and grew larger.
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NewsOvarian cancer linked to bacteria colonization in microbiome
A specific colonization of microbes in the reproductive tract is commonly found in women with ovarian cancer, according to a new study from Mayo Clinic’s Center for Individualized Medicine.
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NewsGenetically engineered bacterium can synthesize melanin nanoparticles
Researchers have heterologously expressed a tyrosinase gene in Escherichia coli to synthesize melanin nanoparticles which offer potential for tumour treatment.
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NewsScientists synthesize precursors of powerful anti-cancer drug in yeast cells
Researchers have identified a novel method for the biological synthesis of catharanthine and vindoline - the two pharmacologic precursors of anti-cancer drug vinblastine - using yeast cells.
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NewsRestoring the gut biome after antibiotics could lead to better outcomes for ovarian cancer patients
Antibiotics routinely used in ovarian cancer care indiscriminately kill gut bacteria, leading to faster cancer progression and lower survival rates, according to recent Cleveland Clinic research.
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NewsMushroom that grows on insects could help develop new anti-viral medications and cancer drugs
Scientists have discovered a way to grow Cordyceps fungus in the lab without losing the potency of its bioactive compound, cordycepin, which could potentially be developed into powerful new antiviral medications and cancer drugs.
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NewsResearchers discover how bacteria make pancreatic cancer cells grow and move
Virginia Tech researchers from the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics and the Department of Biochemistry have discovered a characteristic of a common oral bacterium that relocates to pancreatic cancer tumours that may help guide future therapeutic interventions for treatment.