Soil bacteria used to target cancer

A DIRTY bug that targets tumours could soon be used to deliver frontline cancer treatment.

Soil bacteria used to target cancer

The bacterial strain, which lives in the soil, is set to be tested on cancer patients in 2013.

Because the Clostridium sprogenes microbe thrives in low-oxygen conditions, once it is injected into the bloodstream, it will only grow inside tumours.

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