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How a Common Oral Bacteria Makes Colon Cancer More Deadly

  • Writer: Shannon Norman-Kotre, DDS
    Shannon Norman-Kotre, DDS
  • Apr 29, 2019
  • 1 min read

Oral bacteria is being linked to non-oral cancers more and more frequently:


"Researchers at the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine have determined how F. nucleatum -- a common oral bacteria often implicated in tooth decay -- accelerates the growth of colon cancer. The study was published online in the journal EMBO Reports."


 
 
 

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