UW scientists want to develop bloodstream bacterial drones to kill tumors

 

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University of Wyoming Professor Mark Gomelsky and his team are developing a method to counter a cancer tumor's ability to fool immune cells and deliver programmable nonpathogenic bacteria directly to the tumor.

LARAMIE - Talk of building smart bombs, counterintelligence and infrared light-guided delivery systems may have raised a curious eyebrow from anyone walking by the open conference room door on the sixth floor of the University of Wyoming building.

A peek at those gathered at the table in the College of Agriculture Building may (or may not) have disarmed any alarm: bearded molecular biologist Ma...



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