Making chemotherapy more effective

Scientists at Israel’s Weizmann Institute have discovered why chemotherapy sometimes doesn’t work. Bacteria inside pancreatic tumors metabolize gemcitabine – a common chemo treatment – to make the tumor resistant. After applying antibiotics, the chemo begins to work again.

https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/how-bacteria-hinder-chemotherapy

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