How Gut Inflammation Sparks Colon Cancer

Friday, February 5, 2016 - 14:31 in Health & Medicine

Chronic inflammation in the gut increases the risk of colon cancer by as much as 500 percent, and now Duke University researchers think they know why. Their new study points to a biomarker in the cellular machinery that could not only serve as an early warning of colon cancer, but potentially be harnessed to counteract […]

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