Melanie Rutkowski, University of Virginia (IMAGE)

University of Virginia Health System

Melanie Rutkowski, University of Virginia

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Melanie Rutkowski, PhD, of the UVA School of Medicine and the UVA Cancer Center, has found that an unhealthy microbiome promotes the spread of hormone receptor-positive breast cancer.

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Dan Addison | UVA

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