Researchers at Johns Hopkins have identified a toxin produced by the common gut bacterium Bacteroides fragilis that damages the colon lining, fuels chronic inflammation and promotes tumor formation, closing a gap that had puzzled scientists for nearly two decades.
Johns Hopkins scientists identify how gut bacterium Bacteroides fragilis drives colon cancer
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have identified a toxin produced by the common gut bacterium Bacteroides fragilis that damages the colon lining, fuels chronic inflammation and promotes tumor formation, closing a gap that had puzzled scientists for nearly two decades.
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