Nitric oxide shown to cause colon cancer

Monday, January 19, 2009 - 17:35 in Health & Medicine

Scientists from MIT's Division of Comparative Medicine and Department of Biological Engineering have found that nitric oxide produced by inflammatory cells during bacterial infection can cause colon cells to become cancerous.

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