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July 07, 2004
Smegma bacteria to the rescue!
News on the cancer-fighting front: Mycobacterium smegmatis (yes, you did correctly guess where we got these fellows!) has been genetically modified to produce a protein which results in the destruction of unwanted cells. Researchers used one of these tricks where you fake out your own immune system by getting it to respond to something you've injected, though what you're really after is attacking the tumor nearby the injection spot.
To date it appears this may be the best way to treat bladder cancer... (8 out of 10 animals had no more tumors after being treated with the GM-bacteria.)
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Source: BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3867331.stm
Posted by canton at July 7, 2004 06:40 PM
Comments
Wow. So what scientist decided to play with smegma?
Posted by: Olorin at July 23, 2004 11:12 PM
I heard he's working on a treatment for colon cancer involving genetically modified asscheese
Posted by: spunkymonkey at August 1, 2004 04:05 AM
Smegma? ()_()
Posted by: at August 13, 2004 04:30 PM