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Common mouth bacteria can kill deadly cancers, finds study
After leaving the bacteria in a petri dish with cancer cells for a couple of days in the lab, 70-90% of the cancer disappeared.
A new study from Guy’s and St. Thomas’ and King’s College London found that a type of mouth bacteria kills cancer cells in the head and neck. The other thing that we found is that in cell cultures this bacterium is capable of killing cancer,” Dr. Ferreira was quoted in the press release from Guys and St. Thomas. As the research is in its initial phases, they seek to continue studying how these findings could impact patient outcomes with head and neck cancer and other types yet to be explored.
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