Gut Responses: Microbes, Inflammation, and Cancer

Cancer Research Institute postdoctoral fellows Noah Palm, April Price, and Joshua Ziel discuss their work on the intestinal "microbiome"—our personalized collection of gut microbes—and what it tells us about cancer and cancer treatment.


The Cancer Research Institute (CRI), established in 1953, is the world's only nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to transforming cancer patient care by advancing scientific efforts to develop new and effective immune system-based strategies to prevent, diagnose, treat, and eventually cure all cancers. Guided by a world-renowned Scientific Advisory Council that includes three Nobel laureates and 26 members of the National Academy of Sciences, CRI has invested $263 million in support of research conducted by immunologists and tumor immunologists at the world's leading medical centers and universities, and has contributed to many of the key scientific advances that demonstrate the potential for immunotherapy to change the face of cancer treatment. To learn more, go to www.cancerresearch.org.