Mouth bacteria may trigger bowel cancer

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23687321


Researchers say they have uncovered how bacteria may set off a chain reaction leading to bowel cancer.

Fusobacteria, commonly found in the mouth, cause overactive immune responses and turn on cancer growth genes, two US studies reveal.

The microbes had been linked with colorectal cancer before but it was not known whether they were directly involved in tumour growth.

The early findings are published in the journal Cell Host & Microbe.

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1. A George Carlin joke, becoming reality.

"Saliva causes cancer! But only when swallowed in small amounts, over a long period of time."

[Scootaloo]

2. No wonder nobody likes asskissers