Microbiota shrinks melanoma tumors

A small Phase 1 trial of 10 terminally ill melanoma patients at Israel’s Sheba Medical Center resulted in the lives of two patients being extended and one cured completely. Doctors transplanted fecal material from the gut microbiome of previously cured melanoma patients.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/fecal-transplants-may-help-flush-tumors-from-body-israeli-doctors-find/

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/12/09/science.abb5920

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