Gut Microbes and Colon Cancer Risk in African-Americans (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Gut Microbes and Colon Cancer Risk in African-Americans

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University of Illinois nutritional sciences professor Rex Gaskins, graduate student Patricia Wolf and their colleagues found differences in the microbes that live in the lining of the colon of African-Americans versus non-Hispanic whites in the US. These differences are linked to the risk of colon cancer in African-Americans.

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