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Engineered soil bacterial protein kills colorectal cancer cells by targeting their mitochondria

  • April 22, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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Engineered soil bacterial protein kills colorectal cancer cells by targeting their mitochondria
Researchers at Umeå University have turned a protein from soil bacteria into a potential new weapon against colorectal cancer. Their study published in Cell Death Discovery shows how an engineered bacterial protein can trigger a unique form of cancer cell death.

Originally published at Phys.org

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