Scientists have developed a revolutionary cancer treatment using a unique pair of bacteria called AUN, which can destroy tumors without relying on the body’s immune system. This breakthrough, led by Professor Eijiro Miyako from the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in collaboration with Daiichi Sankyo and the University of Tsukuba, offers hope for cancer patients whose immune systems are weakened and cannot benefit from traditional immunotherapies.

The findings have been published in Nature Biomedical Engineering.

The AUN therapy combines two naturally occurring bacteria : Proteus mirabilis (A-gyo), which naturally lives inside tumors, and Rhodopseudomonas palustris (UN-gyo), a photosynthetic bacterium. When injected into tumors, these bacteria work together in a

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