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 (DIR) Post #B56qpUICV1cWgnaAbo by FluentInFinance@mastodon.social
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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.
       
 (DIR) Post #B56qpVNCTvDK2avg2a by FluentInFinance@mastodon.social
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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 center2. It starts consuming nutrients and growing3. It multiplies and COLONIZES the space4. It eats the tumor from the inside out
       
 (DIR) Post #B56qpWSCSoo7OOHBTM by FluentInFinance@mastodon.social
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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.
       
 (DIR) Post #B56qpX3QEQa7FpguUS by FluentInFinance@mastodon.social
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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.
       
 (DIR) Post #B56r0lJRYkwqf4XX5k by disisdeguey@expressional.social
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       @FluentInFinance This is fascinating. On my way to read the article. 0)