These bacteria may egg on colon cancer
Streptococcus gallolyticus spurred tumor growth in lab dishes and in mice
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GROWTH SPUR An intestinal bacterium called Streptococcus gallolyticus (white, growing in a petri dish) has previously been linked to colon cancer. Now researchers are getting clues about how the bacterium promotes tumor growth.
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