Research
Sleep Deprivation Reshapes Gut Bacteria in Ways That Fuel Cancer Growth and Blunt Chemotherapy, Study Finds
A preclinical study presented at the AACR Annual Meeting found that chronic sleep deprivation altered gut microbiota composition in mice, worsening colorectal cancer progression and reducing the effectiveness of 5-FU chemotherapy — and that these effects transferred to healthy animals via microbiota transplant alone.
