It's unclear why colon cancer cases have doubled in people under 55 over the past two decades, a staggering rise that has alarmed doctors and cancer researchers. But part of the story could be ...

Ghent, 7 November 2024 – Scientists have uncovered how certain E. coli bacteria in the gut promote colon cancer by binding to intestinal cells and releasing a DNA-damaging toxin. The study, published ...

Stock image of E. coli bacteria. A new study has found a link between early childhood exposure to a bacterial toxin, colibactin, which comes from some strains of E. coli and causes genetic mutation ...

Health officials have sounded the alarm over a worrying surge in a potentially deadly bacteria linked to colon cancer. Rates of a rare strain of the diarrhoea-causing bug E.coli, rose almost 10-fold ...