Gut Research Yields New Anti-cancer Approach

... Researchers believe they have discovered by chance a new way to fight colorectal cancer, and potentially cancers of the esophagus, liver and skin. Early work shows that a group of compounds called peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPARgamma) inhibitors may act through some of the same mechanisms as the blockbuster chemotherapy Taxol, but with key differences. ...