Gut Bacteria Aid Cancer Therapies (2 of 4) (IMAGE)

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Gut Bacteria Aid Cancer Therapies (2 of 4)

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A mouse gut bacteria phylogenetic tree is superimposed over a microphotograph of colonic tissue, showing the abundance of bacteria by the size of the circles. Red circles indicate bacteria that primes the mice for a response to immunotherapy, while the green circles show bacteria that suppress anti-tumor response to the drug. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the 22 Nov., 2013, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Noriho Iida at National Cancer Institute in Frederick, Md., and colleagues was titled, "Commensal Bacteria Control Cancer Response to Therapy by Modulating the Tumor Microenvironment."

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[Image courtesy of Dr. Amiran Dzutsev]

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