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Gut research yields new anti-cancer approach

Researchers believe they have discovered by chance a new way to fight colorectal cancer, and potentially cancers of the esophagus, liver and skin. Early work shows that a group of compounds called peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPARgamma) inhibitors may act through some of the same mechanisms as the blockbuster chemotherapy Taxol, but with key differences.

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