Cracking colibactin's code
Examining a compound damaging DNA to understand its connection to cancer
19-Feb-2019 -
For more than a decade, scientists have worked to understand the connection between colibactin, a compound produced by certain strains of E. coli, and colorectal cancer, but have been hampered by their inability to isolate the compound.
So Emily Balskus instead decided to focus on the mess it ...
bacteria
biomarkers
carcinogens
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