Conditions & Recovery · ScienceDaily Cancer · July 7, 2026

Scientists found a surprising cancer fighter hiding inside tumors

Scientists at the University of Illinois Chicago have turned an unlikely source into a potential new weapon against cancer: bacteria that naturally live inside tumors. They developed a peptide called aurB, inspired by a bacterial protein, that infiltrates cancer cells and effectively cuts off their energy supply by targeting the mitochondria—the cells’ power plants.

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