240: Aspirin, colorectal cancer, and Fusobacterium

TWiM reviews aspirin modulation of Fusobacterium nucleatum, a microbe that has been associated with colorectal cancer, and Elio tells us ‘What are vaccines’, a talk he recently gave to members of his community.

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Links for this episode:

• Elio’s What are Vaccines? (pdf)
• Jenner Museum
• Aspirin modulation of Fusobacterium (mBio)
• Fecal transplant for C. difficile (NEJM)
• Fecal microbiota transplantation (NEJM)
• Fecal microbiota transplant for dysbiosis (NEJM)

Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.

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