Cancer immunity gets a boost from one common nutrient, study finds: ‘Intrigue and optimism’
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Vitamin D could be a surprise weapon against cancer, new research suggests. A doctor weighed in on the nutrient's impact on immune response and tumor growth.
The micronutrient increased levels of the bacterium Bacteroides fragilis, which has been shown to improve cancer immune response. Melissa Rudy is health editor and a member of the lifestyle team at Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to melissa.rudy@fox.com.
The mice that received vitamin D showed improved responses to cancer immunotherapy and greater immunity to new tumor development, according to researchers at the Francis Crick Institute in London, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Aalborg University in Denmark.
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