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Dodging a Cancer Drug's Side Effect

Caption: Toxicity of the anticancer drug CPT-11 is alleviated by inhibiting a specific enzyme (pictured) in human symbiotic GI bacteria. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Nov. 5, 2010, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Bret Wallace of The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and colleagues was titled, "Alleviating Cancer Drug Toxicity by Inhibiting a Bacterial Enzyme."

Credit: Bret D. Wallace and Matthew R. Redinbo

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