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Intratumoral microorganisms and artificial antitumor bacteria

Wenna Li1, Xiaotu Ma1, Xiao Zhao1,2

  • 1CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety & CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China, 11 Beiyitiao, Zhongguancun, Beijing 100190, China.

Fundamental Research
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PubMed
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Keywords:
Antitumor bacteriaCancer biologyIntratumoral microorganismsSynthetic biologyTumor therapy

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