Microbes hobble a widely used chemo drug
In mice, antibiotics helped the cancer treatment regain its power
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STRONGER TOGETHER Tumor cells (red) grown with bacteria (green) could stave off a common chemotherapy drug because some bacteria can inactivate the drug.
L. Geller