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tag tumor targeting evolution microbiology
Engineering the Microbiome: CRISPR Leads the Way
Mariella Bodemeier Loayza Careaga, PhD
| Mar 15, 2024
| 10+ min read
Scientists have genetically modified isolated microbes for decades. Now, using CRISPR, they intend to target entire microbiomes.
Cancer Vaccination as a Promising New Treatment Against Tumors
Shelby Bradford, PhD
| Mar 15, 2024
| 10+ min read
Vaccination has beaten back infections for more than a century. Now, it may be the next big step in battling cancer.
Bugs as Drugs to Boost Cancer Therapy
Danielle Gerhard, PhD
| Jan 18, 2024
| 7 min read
Bioengineered bacteria sneak past solid tumor defenses to guide CAR T cells’ attacks.
Illuminating Specimens Through Live Cell Imaging
Charlene Lancaster, PhD
| Mar 14, 2024
| 8 min read
Live cell imaging is a powerful microscopy technique employed by scientists to monitor molecular processes and cellular behavior in real time.
Could Cancer’s Microbiome Help Diagnose and Treat the Disease?
Jef Akst
| Mar 14, 2022
| 10+ min read
A growing appreciation of the bacterial assemblages that live within tumors has researchers striving to understand and capitalize on their role.
Fungal Spores Hijack a Host Protein to Escape Death
Mariella Bodemeier Loayza Careaga, PhD
| Jun 20, 2023
| 3 min read
Uncovering the components used by
Aspergillus fumigatus
to avoid intracellular destruction broadens our understanding of the mold’s pathogenesis.
The Inside Guide: The Gut Microbiome’s Role in Host Evolution
Catherine Offord
| Jul 1, 2021
| 10+ min read
Bacteria that live in the digestive tracts of animals may influence the adaptive trajectories of their hosts.
Cancer-like Slime Mold Growth Hints at Multicellularity’s Origins
Natalia Mesa, PhD
| Apr 4, 2022
| 4 min read
The poorly understood
Fonticula alba
, a relative of fungi and animals, hunts bacteria with a mechanism that resembles cancer and fungal growth.
How Bacterial Communities Divvy up Duties
Holly Barker, PhD
| Jun 1, 2023
| 10+ min read
Biofilms are home to millions of microbes, but disrupting their interactions could produce more effective antibiotics.
Genetic Mutations Can Be Benign or Cancerous—a New Method to Differentiate Between Them Could Lead to Better Treatments
Ryan Layer,
The Conversation
| May 27, 2022
| 5 min read
Tumors contain thousands of genetic changes, but only a few are actually cancer-causing. A quicker way to identify these driver mutations could lead to more targeted cancer treatments.
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