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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Storm Newton

Breakthrough could ‘unleash’ potential of salmonella bowel cancer treatment

Researchers split the 386 patients on the Profile trial into two groups (Alamy/PA) -

Salmonella could be engineered to help fight bowel cancer after researchers pinpointed how the bacteria stops the body’s own immune cells attacking the disease.

Experts have long known that salmonella could help beat cancer but when used in therapies it has not been as effective as hoped.

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