Bacteroides fragilis: How a gut bacterium toxin triggers cancer
From Science Uncovered · 4:58
Show by Kelvin
This episode explains how scientists discovered the precise protein docking mechanism that a gut bacterium uses to promote colon cancer. Researchers identified claudin-4 as the target for the toxin and successfully tested a molecular decoy to block it in mice. #BacteroidesFragilis #ColonCancer #GutMicrobiome #Claudin4
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