Scientists engineer cancer cells to produce the drugs that kill them
The strategy uses carbon monoxide naturally produced by tumors to synthesize chemotherapy inside cancer cells in early lab experiments.
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- Virginia Tech NewsResearchers develop a new way to safely boost immune cells to fight cancer