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A previously unknown virus is showing up frequently in colorectal cancer patients, study finds Can viruses in the gut cause colorectal cancer Synopsis Gut virus in colorectal cancer patients: Scientists have uncovered a new virus within a common gut bacterium, Bacteroides fragilis. This virus appears more often in individuals diagnosed with colorectal cancer. This discovery offers a potential new way to understand the disease. Researchers are exploring if stool tests for these viruses could help assess cancer risk in the future. Gut virus in colorectal cancer patients : For years, scientists have known that the gut plays an important role in health and disease. In colorectal cancer, one bacterium in particular, Bacteroides fragilis, has repeatedly appeared in research, but there has always been a mystery: the same bacterium is also found in most healthy people. Colorectal Cancer Risk: Why Bacteroides fragilis Has Puzzled Scientists for Years Now, researchers from the University of Sout...