'Hygienic' Lymphocytes Convey Increased Cancer Risk

Risk of developing inflammation-associated cancers has increased in industrialized countries during the past 30 years. One possible explanation is societal hygiene practices with use of antibiotics and Caesarian births that provide too few early life exposures of beneficial microbes. Building upon a...

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Main Authors: Levkovich, Tatiana (Contributor), Poutahidis, Theofilos (Contributor), Cappelle, Kelsey (Contributor), Smith, Mark Burnham (Contributor), Perrotta, Allison Rose (Contributor), Alm, Eric J. (Contributor), Erdman, Susan E. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Division of Comparative Medicine (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lifescience Global, 2015-10-13T19:02:57Z.
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