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Sugar hit triggers bug's drug slug

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An engineered bacterium can deliver a therapeutic protein straight to the gut when fed with xylan.

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Tatalovic, M. Sugar hit triggers bug's drug slug. Nature (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2009.848

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