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ReviewFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2024

From competition to cure: the development of live biotherapeutic products for anticancer therapy in the iGEM competition.

Luka Van den Berghe, Joleen Masschelein, Vitor B Pinheiro

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Review in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Luka Van den BergheLaboratory for Biomolecular Discovery and Engineering, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Joleen MasscheleinLaboratory for Biomolecular Discovery and Engineering, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Vitor B PinheiroDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer is a leading cause of mortality globally, often diagnosed at advanced stages with metastases already present, complicating treatment efficacy. Traditional treatments like chemotherapy and radiotherapy face challenges such as lack of specificity and drug resistance. The hallmarks of cancer, as defined by Hanahan and Weinberg, describe tumors as complex entities capable of evolving traits that promote malignancy, including sustained proliferation, resistance to cell death, and metastasis. Emerging research highlights the significant role of the microbiome in cancer development and treatment, influencing tumor progression and immune responses. This review explores the potential of live biotherapeutic products (LBPs) for cancer diagnosis and therapy, focusing on projects from the International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) competition that aim to innovate LBPs for cancer treatment. Analyzing 77 projects from 2022, we highlight the progress and ongoing challenges within this research field.

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canceriGEMlive biotherapeutic productsynthetic biologytherapy

Identifiers

PMID39351063
PMCPMC11439766

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