Duke Health scientists, working to verify a four-year-old theory that a typical fungi may set off pancreatic cancer, have actually discovered no such link. Despite the preliminary guarantee, their extensive analysis did not support an association in between fungis and the advancement of pancreatic cancer.
A research study performed 4 years ago recommended a possible link in between a typical kind of fungi and the advancement of pancreatic cancer, offering an appealing brand-new view of the fatal illness.
However, upon trying to validate this discovery, scientists from Duke Health discovered no such connection. The Duke group’s findings were just recently released in the journal Nature Their extensive analysis of information from the preliminary research study did not develop any connection in between the microbiome of the pancreas and the beginning of pancreatic cancer.
“We were intrigued by the original finding, as were many research teams,” stated senior author Peter Allen, M.D., teacher in the Department of Surgery and chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology at Duke University School of Medicine.
“There is a growing body of literature connecting the human microbiome to disease, and this was particularly compelling for pancreatic cancer,” Allen stated. “But our findings did not support an association between fungi and the development of pancreatic cancer in humans.”
Allen and coworkers worked to recreate the 2019 findings released in Nature by a various research study group. The initial research study raised hopes that there may be a possible approach of avoiding pancreatic cancer with making use of antifungals or some other technique to secure from infection.
Focusing on the research study group’s initial raw sequencing information, the Duke scientists were not able to recreate the findings. Additional research studies, utilizing pancreatic cancer tissue in Duke repositories, likewise stopped working to produce the initial outcomes.
“We believe our findings highlight the challenges of using low biomass samples for microbiome sequencing studies,” Allen stated. “The inclusion of appropriate negative controls and efforts to identify and remove sequencing contaminants is critical to the interpretation of microbiome data.”
Reference: “Revisiting the intrinsic mycobiome in pancreatic cancer” by Ashley A. Fletcher, Matthew S. Kelly, Austin M. Eckhoff and Peter J. Allen, 2 August 2023, Nature
DOI: 10.1038/ s41586 -023-06292 -1
In addition to Allen, research study authors consist of Ashley A. Fletcher, Matthew S. Kelly, and Austin M. Eckhoff.
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