Diarrhea Bug May Offer Cancer Cure

Posted by timothy on Monday February 10, 2003 @02:53PM from the pays-yer-money-takes-your-chances dept.

Makarand writes "Researchers now think that the diarrhea bug may be of help in building resistance to colon cancer. The toxins produced by E. coli, the diarrhea bug, irritate the lining of the bowels and also interact with the cells in a way that prevents them from becoming cancerous. This may very well explain why colorectal cancer is common in the developed countries but rare in the developing countries. Researchers who added E. coli toxins to a dish containing rapidly dividing cancer cells could almost brought the cancerous growth to a halt."

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Speaking of halting... by cicatrix1 · 2003-02-10 18:39 · Score: 0, Troll

Researchers who added E. coli toxins to a dish containing rapidly dividing cancer cells could almost brought the cancerous growth to a halt.

Maybe English teachers should try harder to bring tense changing to a halt.

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