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Illustration showing how following radiation therapy, which triggers the release of cancer-specific antigens, researchers injected Salmonella typhimurium bacteria covered in positively charged nano- particles near tumors in mice.

Infographic: Salmonella Shuttle Tumor Antigens to Immune Cells

Dan Robitzski | May 16, 2022 | 1 min read

Nanoparticle-coated bacteria carry cancer-derived proteins to dendritic cells, enabling the immune system to launch a response in a mouse model.

A stained tissue sample of metastatic pancreatic cancer

Tetanus Immunity Protects Mice Against Pancreatic Cancer

Amanda Heidt | Mar 24, 2022 | 3 min read

Because most people are vaccinated against tetanus as children, delivering benign bacteria carrying a tetanus antigen into pancreatic tumors makes them visible to memory cells in the immune system, researchers report.

Contributors

The Scientist Staff | Apr 1, 2020 | 4 min read

Meet some of the people featured in the April 2020 issue of The Scientist.

Infographic: Building Bacteria to Fight Cancer

Simone Schuerle and Tal Danino | Apr 1, 2020 | 3 min read

Researchers are engineering microbes to deliver therapeutics specifically to tumors, maximizing the treatments’ efficacy while minimizing side effects.

Bacteria as Living Microrobots to Fight Cancer

Simone Schuerle and Tal Danino | Apr 1, 2020 | 10+ min read

Autonomous, living microrobots that seek and destroy cancer are not as futuristic as one might imagine, thanks to a fusion of robotics and synthetic biology.