'Bugs delivering drugs': A new approach to colorectal cancer treatment using common food-borne bacteria

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Baylor University researchers have developed a novel method to treat colorectal cancer by using modified food-borne bacteria to deliver cancer-killing proteins directly into tumor cells. The research, published in Cell Chemical Biology, represents a promising new frontier in targeted cancer therapy.

Baylor University researchers have developed a novel approach to fight colorectal cancer, using modified bacteria as a courier to deliver potent cancer-killing proteins into tumor cells. Michael S. VanNieuwenhze, Ph.D., FRSC, University Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Biology, along with Baylor doctoral students and a colleague at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, have published their research in Cell Chemical Biology.