Engineering bacteria to kill cancer cells… Sounds like science fiction, right? Well, it’s actually all science, no fiction! Sreyan Chowdhury and colleagues from Tal Danino’s lab at Columbia University describe this novel therapeutic approach in their recent Nature Medicine publication, “Programmable bacteria induce durable tumor regression and systemic antitumor immunity”.Paper: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6688650/Review: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6558487/Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnpIIZrjMtM&t=18sPlease take a few minutes to write us a review wherever you listen to podcasts -- it will help us better spread science!Want to learn more? Check out the Inflammatory Content website www.inflammatorycontent.comFinally, please send any questions or comments to Kellen on Twitter @KellenCavagnero or email [email protected].