The ick factor that could save a life: US cancer researchers look to fecal waste for treatment clues

The Mayo Clinic hopes to uncover how the microbiome affects how patients react to cancer medicationsA leading US clinic hopes its fecal waste biobank will help researchers make new discoveries about how to treat cancer patients – one of several efforts to turn human waste into medicine.The Mayo Clinic biobank is part of researchers’ years-long effort to “personalize” medicine by uncovering how the microbiome changes how patients react to cancer medications. Continue reading...