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Disrupted Gut Microbiome Promotes Breast Cancer Spread In Mice

Written by Victoria Forster

The health of the gut microbiome has been linked with numerous diseases from depression to multiple sclerosis and even cancer and response to cancer drugs including immunotherapies. Earlier this year, an ambitious $25 million project was launched to determine the role of the microbiome in colorectal cancer, but perhaps more surprisingly, a new study in mice has linked the health of the gut microbiome to the spread of breast cancer. Read more.

Published June 11, 2019 by Forbes