Imagine a world where bacteria, typically feared for causing disease, are turned into powerful weapons against cancer. That's ...

A type of bacteria that causes dental plaque may be behind a treatment-resistant form of colorectal cancer, a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature found. The particular bacterium ...

When they began their studies, researcher Sebastian Felgner and the Helmholtz team planned to use Samonella as a carrier for vaccines in mouse models, but they soon realized that the bacteria ...

Immune cells have difficulty accessing the tumor microenvironment, allowing bacteria to live and grow in and around tumors. Much like the gut microbiome influences general health, bacteria found ...

He almost trashed the whole project. “But then I got curious.” In subsequent experiments, Straussman confirmed that it was the bacteria that were rescuing the cancer cells from chemotherapy: when he ...

Recent research has challenged this dogma, showing that tumors harbor microbiomes. These bacteria residing inside tumor cells may in fact confer an advantage to tumor cells, a study published today in ...

A pioneering study has revealed new insights into the role of gastric bacteria in stomach cancer development that could pave the way for a more effective treatment of pre-cancer according to a ...

Implications in cervical cancer and beyond The team is now investigating whether the lactate-producing bacteria could be eliminated from the vaginal microbiome using targeted antibiotics that don ...

Their findings were published in Cell on March 3. Exploring the use of antitumor bacteria in cancer therapy dates back to the 1860s. Despite this long history, however, clinical application of ...

Acting on a hunch, Coley injected bacteria into a patient with a deadly neck cancer, and the man’s tumor began to shrink. Now immunotherapy is the hottest field in cancer research. Scientists ...

A pioneering study has revealed new insights into the role of gastric bacteria in stomach cancer development that could pave the way for a more effective treatment of pre-cancer. A pioneering ...