date:Feb 22, 2019
A new study from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and Masonic Cancer Center, published in the journal Science, finds a possible association between E. coli and cancer. The scientists have determined how toxins produced by the pathogen interact with and damage DNA on the molecular level.
Applications from this study may help doctors understand how toxins affect DNA, and may help them to develop tools to improve chemotherapy treatments.
The main researchers are Silvia Balbo, S