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The new studies could pave the way for anti-cancer therapies that control the makeup of these bacterial communities.
Two mouse studies published this week suggest innovative approaches for treating two of the developed world’s most troubling diseases. One study tests a potential therapy using an FDA-approved cancer drug to treat Alzheimer’s, while the other examines how a few days of fasting may delay tumor growth and improve chemotherapy.

(l-r) David Kestenbaum (moderator), Omid Farokhzad, Pedro J.J. Alvarez, Kristen M. Kulinowski and J. Alexander Liddle