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Researchers have recently discovered a sugar compound produced by deep-sea bacteria that has the potential to destroy cancer cells. Microbes living in our oceans produce a substance that triggers cell ...

Bacteria are rapidly emerging as a new class of "living medicines" used to kill cancer cells. We're still a long way from a "cure" for cancer. But one day we could have programmable, self-navigating ...

During Earth’s early days, bacteria developed a self-destruct strategy for detecting and destroying phages before they’re able to take over the cell’s machinery. While this does wonders for our immune ...