Microbes inside cancerous tumors can influence the spread of disease and the effectiveness of treatment. Those roles make them appealing targets for new therapies and offer ways to better predict risk ...

Dubbed “the next frontier of cancer prevention and care,” the microbiome appears to be especially critical when it comes to ...

The body carries tens of trillions of microbes, and they can turn up in the least expected places, including tumours. “When I first heard about this, I thought it was fascinating — how could these ...

Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered a previously unknown mechanism that explains how bacteria can drive treatment resistance in patients with oral and ...

Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered a previously unknown mechanism that explains how bacteria can drive treatment resistance in patients with oral and ...

In a new study published in Cancer Cell titled, “Tumor-infiltrating bacteria disrupt cancer epithelial cell interactions and induce cell-cycle arrest,” researchers from the University of Texas MD ...

The vast community of microorganisms in the gastrointestinal tract–the gut microbiome, is closely connected to many aspects of human heath, one of which is digestive function. The gut microbiome is ...

Every minute, nearly 500 antibiotic prescriptions are written in the U.S. Many of these drugs succeed, but more are being outmaneuvered by resistant bacteria. This can lead to tragic results, like the ...