A common gut bug is likely behind bowel cancer
Professor Frank Frizelle is the Professor of Colorectal Surgery and Head of the University of Otago Department of Surgery at Christchurch. The proceeds of the CMRF Wine & Art auction in 2015 went towards funding research into bowel cancer by Professor Frizelle and his team which was aimed at four main areas: finding out what causes bowel cancer, working out how it can be diagnosed earlier, determining the best treatment and improving quality of life after bowel cancer.
Dr Rachel Purcell who has been a primary investigator into the role of the “bad” bacteria now discovered in the gut of almost 80% of people with a cancerous lesion, was also awarded a CMRF Project Grant in 2015 which she completed in 2017.
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