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Genetically Engineered, Sound-Controlled Bacteria That Seek and Destroy Cancer Cells
By California Institute of Technology on Jul 08, 2022

An artistβs depiction of a bacterial cell. Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/James Archer
Since its inception, chemotherapy has proven to be a valuable tool in treating many kinds of cancers, but it has a significant drawback. In addition to killing cancer cells, it can also destroy healthy cells like the ones in hair follicles, causing baldness, and those that line the stomach, producing nausea.
Now, scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) may have a better solution: genetically engineered, sound-controlled bacteria that seek and destroy cancer cells. In a new paper that was published in the journal Nature Communications
Nature Communications is a peer-reviewed, open access, multidisciplinary, scientific journal published by Nature Research. It covers the natural sciences, including physics, biology, chemistry, medicine, and earth sciences. It began publishing in 2010 and has editorial offices in London, Berlin, New York City, and Shanghai.
" data-gt-translate-attributes="[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Nature Communications, scientists from the lab of Mikhail Shapiro, professor of chemical engineering and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, show how they have developed a specialized strain of the bacteria Escherichia coli (E. coli) that seeks out and infiltrates cancerous tumors when injected into a patientβs body. Once the bacteria have reached their destination, pulses of ultrasound can trigger them to produce anti-cancer drugs.
βThe goal of this technology is to take advantage of the ability of engineered probiotics to infiltrate tumors, while using ultrasound to activate them to release potent drugs inside the tumor,β professor Shapiro says.