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Woah... I wonder if bacteria could in some cases drive certain cancers? Something that fascinates me is just how small many bacteria are. They appear as specks
by macawfish 7y ago
Woah... I wonder if bacteria could in some cases drive certain cancers?
Something that fascinates me is just how small many bacteria are. They appear as specks on the most powerful optical microscopes, if at all. Also, a lot of bacteria simply can't be cultivated outside of the environment they are adapted to, and are as such really hard to study.
This study really reminds me of the symbiogenesis framework for thinking about eukaryotic evolution.
- ta999999171 7y agoMore disease happens from lack of proper gut bacterial environment than most realize, we seem to be finding out.
- JPLeRouzic 7y ago> Woah... I wonder if bacteria could in some cases drive certain cancers? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinogenic_bacteria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinogenic_bacteria Very roughly, 1 cancer out of 10 has an infectious cause. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infectious_causes_of_cancer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infectious_causes_of_cancer The focus in the last decades was mostly about genetic causes of cancer but as it happens for other diseases (see recent discussion on Alzheimer), it is now shifting to other causes. Statnews.com is a good web site to read for lay people like me, who are interested in serious medical related news.