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A study in the International Journal of Cancer linked long-term or recurrent antibiotic use early in life with a higher risk of developing early-onset (before age 50) colorectal cancer (CRC) and precancerous polyps.
The joint Chinese-British research team found a particularly strong association among people carrying a defective form of a gene, FUT2.
FUT2 normally regulates the gut microbiome through its protein product, fucosyltransferase 2.
However, the defective form of FUT2 is inactive, so it does not generate the protein. This deficiency has been implicated in forms of cancer other than CRC…
