The bacteria that live in your gut could have a major say in how effective cancer treatments like chemotherapy are on your body. In two papers published today in Science , researchers say that gut bacteria was found to have a major impact on how cancer treatments perform in mice. Though bacteria's relevance to such therapies may seem unlikely, this is actually just the latest in a series of preliminary discoveries surrounding the impact of the gut microbiota, the complex mixture of bacteria that lives inside you.
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/21/5130280/gut-bacteria-could-alter-efficacy-of-cancer-treatments-says-new-studies
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