Carbs and gut microbes fuel colon cancer
Sugar-loving bacteria support the emergence of tumors in mice
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COLON CARBS In mouse colons, sugar-loving gut microbes encourage mutations in DNA (blue), which elevate cancer-related proteins (green), possibly explaining why Western nations experience more colon cancer.
Antoaneta Belcheva and Alberto Martin