Bacteria's New Superpower: Detecting Cancer DNA!
Scientists from the University of California San Diego have engineered a bacterium to detect tumor DNA.
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The innovation successfully identified cancer in mouse colons.
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The new “CATCH” system addresses the limitation of bacteria in identifying specific DNA sequences.
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Jeff Hasty highlighted the ambitious nature of the project.
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Tumors release their DNA into surrounding environments.
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The CATCH technology employs CRISPR for DNA sequence assessment.
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The focus was on the bacterium Acinetobacter baylyi.
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Dr. Dan Worthley envisions a future without fatal colorectal cancer.
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The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia).
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