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Evening Standard
Jane Kirby

Toxin produced by E. coli ‘could be driving bowel cancer rates in young people’

A toxin produced by E. coli may be driving rates of bowel cancer in young people (File picture) - ((Alamy/PA))

A toxin produced by E. coli may be driving rates of bowel cancer in young people, scientists have discovered.

Experts believe the finding could help explain why rates of bowel cancer are rising among young people across the globe.

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