Researchers have connected KRAS mutations in colorectal cancer to microbial signatures in the gut. For about 40% of people diagnosed with colorectal cancer (CRC), the tumor carries a mutation in a ...

Bacterial exposure increasing cancer risk: The study found that exposure to a toxic bacteria, colibactin, in childhood may increase the likelihood of developing colon cancer earlier in life. Global ...

Using ribosome engineering (RE), researchers from Shinshu University introduced mutations affecting the protein synthesis ...

Drugs that act against bacteria are mainly assessed based on how well they inhibit bacterial growth under laboratory ...

Colorectal cancer rates have been steadily increasing in younger adults in recent decades – a phenomenon that has gone largely unexplained. A toxin produced by certain strains of bacteria — in ...

Scientists have identified a strong link between childhood exposure to a bacterial toxin called colibactin and the rising incidence of early-onset colorectal cancer, according to an international ...

Newly published research in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Cancer suggests that bacteria inside brain tumors may play a far more active role in how cancers grow, spread and respond to treatment than ...

Cleveland Clinic researchers have discovered that bacteria inside cancerous tumors may be key to understanding why ...