JUST IN: Scientists built bacteria that EATS cancer from the inside out.
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Researchers at the University of Waterloo found something that THRIVES there.
It's called Clostridium sporogenes. A bacteria found in soil that loves oxygen-free environments.
Researchers send spores directly into the tumor:
1. The bacteria wakes up in the dead, oxygen-free center
2. It starts consuming nutrients and growing
3. It multiplies and COLONIZES the space
4. It eats the tumor from the inside outThen they added something called quorum sensing. Bacteria communicate through chemical signals. When enough bacteria pile up INSIDE the tumor, those signals flip on the oxygen-tolerance gene.
This means the bacteria won't activate in your bloodstream. It only activates inside the tumor, where it belongs.
Think about what that means.
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Then they added something called quorum sensing. Bacteria communicate through chemical signals. When enough bacteria pile up INSIDE the tumor, those signals flip on the oxygen-tolerance gene.
This means the bacteria won't activate in your bloodstream. It only activates inside the tumor, where it belongs.
Think about what that means.
Chemo hits everything. Good cells. Bad cells. Your hair. Your gut. Your immune system. The cancer suffers, but so does the rest of your body.
This is different.
This is a PRECISION weapon. A living, self-regulating machine that targets only the tumor's environment and ignores healthy tissue.
The team is now heading into preclinical trials and testing it on real tumors.
We are watching history happen.
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Chemo hits everything. Good cells. Bad cells. Your hair. Your gut. Your immune system. The cancer suffers, but so does the rest of your body.
This is different.
This is a PRECISION weapon. A living, self-regulating machine that targets only the tumor's environment and ignores healthy tissue.
The team is now heading into preclinical trials and testing it on real tumors.
We are watching history happen.
@FluentInFinance Amazing. I hope it works.
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JUST IN: Scientists built bacteria that EATS cancer from the inside out.
The future of cancer treatment isn't a drug. It's a living organism that devours tumors from the inside.
Here's how it works:
Solid tumors have a dead center. No oxygen. No blood flow. Just dead cells and nutrients sitting there.
Most cancer drugs can't survive in that environment. They get blocked. They break down. They never reach the core where the tumor is most protected.
@FluentInFinance Do you have a link to the scientific paper? (not a pop sci article or uni announce summary?)
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Chemo hits everything. Good cells. Bad cells. Your hair. Your gut. Your immune system. The cancer suffers, but so does the rest of your body.
This is different.
This is a PRECISION weapon. A living, self-regulating machine that targets only the tumor's environment and ignores healthy tissue.
The team is now heading into preclinical trials and testing it on real tumors.
We are watching history happen.
@FluentInFinance THANKS ANDREW FOR THIS REEEAAALL NEEEWWS!!! 🤌🤌🤌🤌
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@FluentInFinance Do you have a link to the scientific paper? (not a pop sci article or uni announce summary?)
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Chemo hits everything. Good cells. Bad cells. Your hair. Your gut. Your immune system. The cancer suffers, but so does the rest of your body.
This is different.
This is a PRECISION weapon. A living, self-regulating machine that targets only the tumor's environment and ignores healthy tissue.
The team is now heading into preclinical trials and testing it on real tumors.
We are watching history happen.
@FluentInFinance that's so nice if a treatment comes from this.
Can you please share a link about this ? -
@slashdottir @FluentInFinance This would seem to be the relevant scientific journal
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@FluentInFinance Do you have a link to the scientific paper? (not a pop sci article or uni announce summary?)
@awws @FluentInFinance this linka to 2 studies https://uwaterloo.ca/news/media/beating-cancer-eating-cancer
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JUST IN: Scientists built bacteria that EATS cancer from the inside out.
The future of cancer treatment isn't a drug. It's a living organism that devours tumors from the inside.
Here's how it works:
Solid tumors have a dead center. No oxygen. No blood flow. Just dead cells and nutrients sitting there.
Most cancer drugs can't survive in that environment. They get blocked. They break down. They never reach the core where the tumor is most protected.
@FluentInFinance This is fascinating. On my way to read the article. 0)
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Chemo hits everything. Good cells. Bad cells. Your hair. Your gut. Your immune system. The cancer suffers, but so does the rest of your body.
This is different.
This is a PRECISION weapon. A living, self-regulating machine that targets only the tumor's environment and ignores healthy tissue.
The team is now heading into preclinical trials and testing it on real tumors.
We are watching history happen.
@FluentInFinance How can I read up more on this?
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JUST IN: Scientists built bacteria that EATS cancer from the inside out.
The future of cancer treatment isn't a drug. It's a living organism that devours tumors from the inside.
Here's how it works:
Solid tumors have a dead center. No oxygen. No blood flow. Just dead cells and nutrients sitting there.
Most cancer drugs can't survive in that environment. They get blocked. They break down. They never reach the core where the tumor is most protected.
@FluentInFinance might you have a source for that? it's highly interesting and I'd love to dig in deeper
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Chemo hits everything. Good cells. Bad cells. Your hair. Your gut. Your immune system. The cancer suffers, but so does the rest of your body.
This is different.
This is a PRECISION weapon. A living, self-regulating machine that targets only the tumor's environment and ignores healthy tissue.
The team is now heading into preclinical trials and testing it on real tumors.
We are watching history happen.
@FluentInFinance holy shit, this sounds...amazing.
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JUST IN: Scientists built bacteria that EATS cancer from the inside out.
The future of cancer treatment isn't a drug. It's a living organism that devours tumors from the inside.
Here's how it works:
Solid tumors have a dead center. No oxygen. No blood flow. Just dead cells and nutrients sitting there.
Most cancer drugs can't survive in that environment. They get blocked. They break down. They never reach the core where the tumor is most protected.
@FluentInFinance I wonder if Capitalism continues to 'evolve' ultra-processed foods, that even this will be rendered extinct?
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JUST IN: Scientists built bacteria that EATS cancer from the inside out.
The future of cancer treatment isn't a drug. It's a living organism that devours tumors from the inside.
Here's how it works:
Solid tumors have a dead center. No oxygen. No blood flow. Just dead cells and nutrients sitting there.
Most cancer drugs can't survive in that environment. They get blocked. They break down. They never reach the core where the tumor is most protected.
@FluentInFinance Got a link to the study?
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Then they added something called quorum sensing. Bacteria communicate through chemical signals. When enough bacteria pile up INSIDE the tumor, those signals flip on the oxygen-tolerance gene.
This means the bacteria won't activate in your bloodstream. It only activates inside the tumor, where it belongs.
Think about what that means.
@FluentInFinance
Sorry, this doesn't make sense to me the way you put it. Surely they need to switch OFF the consensus signal that triggers oxygen tolerance, maybe removing the oxygen tolerance gene(s). Then the bacterium won't be able to spread once the oxygen-free tumour core has been exhausted. -
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Chemo hits everything. Good cells. Bad cells. Your hair. Your gut. Your immune system. The cancer suffers, but so does the rest of your body.
This is different.
This is a PRECISION weapon. A living, self-regulating machine that targets only the tumor's environment and ignores healthy tissue.
The team is now heading into preclinical trials and testing it on real tumors.
We are watching history happen.
@FluentInFinance I'm not terribly optimistic that humans have sufficient mastery of programming bacteria for this to make it to clinical use. We'll see!
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