A synthetic genetic circuit that mimics the quorum-sensing systems used by bacterial populations to coordinate gene expression enables bacteria to deliver drugs to mouse tumours in repeated and synchronized cycles. See Letter p.81
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Zhou, S. Bacteria synchronized for drug delivery. Nature 536, 33–34 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature18915
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