'Bacterial dirigibles' emerge as next-generation disease fighters
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 14:01
in Health & Medicine
Scientists today reported development of bacteria that serve as mobile pharmaceutical factories, both producing disease-fighting substances and delivering the potentially life-saving cargo to diseased areas of the body. They reported on this new candidate for treating diseases ranging from food poisoning to cancer termed "bacterial dirigibles" -- at the 241st National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, being held here.