Twenty-seven species of bacteria and fungi, among the hundreds that live in people’s mouths, have been collectively tied to a 3.5 times greater risk of developing pancreatic cancer, according to a study led by NYU Langone Health and its Perlmutter Cancer Center.
A team of scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys and the University of Zurich in Switzerland identified a specific phosphoinositide kinase called PI5P4Kα as critical to supporting the unique demands of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cells.
