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Researchers have found that vitamin D improves immunity to cancer by encouraging the growth of a type of gut bacteria in lab mice.
Given a diet rich in vitamin D, they had better immune resistance to cancers and improved responses to immunotherapy treatment.
The team found that vitamin D acts on cells in the intestine, which in turn increases the amount of a ‘good’ bacteria called Bacteroides fragilis. This microbe gave mice better immunity to cancer as the transplanted tumors didn’t grow as much.
The team from the Francis Crick Institute, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health and Aalborg University in Denmark reported their findings in the journal Science.
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Given a diet rich in vitamin D, they had better immune resistance to cancers and improved responses to immunotherapy treatment.
The team found that vitamin D acts on cells in the intestine, which in turn increases the amount of a ‘good’ bacteria called Bacteroides fragilis. This microbe gave mice better immunity to cancer as the transplanted tumors didn’t grow as much.
The team from the Francis Crick Institute, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health and Aalborg University in Denmark reported their findings in the journal Science.
Continued below.
Vitamin D Improves Immunity to Cancer And Reduces Tumor Growth in Mice, Study Finds
Researchers found that vitamin D improves immunity to cancer in mice by encouraging the growth of a gut bacteria that resists tumor growth.
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