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Gut bacteria might flip the effects of a common cancer-causing mutation in an unexpected way | Popular Science.

Health blogs and diet websites often tout antioxidants as a cure-all for gut health. But the story of the gut microbiome and its role in disease is murkier than most news stories might lead you to believe....

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Interesting - but your headline should really have been "antioxidants have risks"

And mice again... :-)

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This work examined effects of the bacterial biome upon a cancer-causing mutation of the p53 gene. Not at all clear how this might be applicable to persons with a normal p53 gene.

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