News tagged with bacteroides fragilis

How diarrheal bacteria cause some colon cancers revealed in mouse studies

Johns Hopkins scientists say they have figured out how bacteria that cause diarrhea may also be the culprit in some colon cancers. The investigators say that strains of the common Bacteroides fragilis (ETBF) ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Learning to tolerate our microbial self

(PhysOrg.com) -- The human gut is filled with 100 trillion symbiotic bacteria—ten times more microbial cells than our own cells—representing close to one thousand different species. "And yet, if ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Intestinal Bacteria Promote and Prevent Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Scientists search for drug candidates in some very unlikely places. Not only do they churn out synthetic compounds in industrial-scale laboratories, but they also scour coral reefs and scrape tree bark in the hope of stumbling ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 28, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 0


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