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Microbes in your food can help or hinder your body's defenses against cancer – how diet influences the conflict between cell 'cooperators' and 'cheaters'

The microbes living in your food can affect your risk of cancer. While some help your body fight cancer, others help tumors evolve and grow. Gut microbes can influence your cancer risk by changing how ...
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Gut microbes may help protect patients from chemotherapy side effects

Chemotherapy doesn't just kill cancer cells. It also affects the microbes in the digestive tract. Researchers at UC San Francisco have discovered that some gut bacteria can reduce the side effects of ...
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Could good gut bacteria help prevent cardiovascular disease?

The last decade has seen gut health linked to a multitude of health benefits. So could it also play a role in helping to prevent cardiovascular disease? This growing understanding of the importance of ...
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A common mouth and gut bacteria may be linked with increased stroke risk

DALLAS, Jan. 30, 2025 — A common bacteria usually found in the mouth and gastrointestinal tract, Streptococcus anginosis, may be abundant in the guts of people with stroke and is associated with a ...
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Scientists identify “universal network” of microbes for decomposing flesh

Establishing a precise time of death (the postmortem interval, or PMI) upon discovery of a corpse is notoriously challenging, however easy fictional medical examiners might make it seem. Some forensic ...
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Microbes in your food can help or hinder your body’s defenses against cancer – how diet influences the conflict between cell ‘cooperators’ and ‘cheaters’

Gissel Viridiana Marquez Alcaraz receives funding from the National Cancer Institute. Athena Aktipis receives funding from the National Cancer Institute and the John Templeton Foundation. The microbes ...