The Surprising Link Between Bacteria and Breast Health

And my sister at that point was a breast cancer survivor. I would have been, you know, she passed away this year, but I would have been supremely agitated that somebody missed the infection. So how does that really happen? Well, we published a paper recently that shows in almost 700 samples that on PCR testing, which is a much more specific and sensitive technique, that 29% have bacterial contamination. Staph epi, Ketobacterium acnes are the dominant species, all, all of which produce a biofilm. A paper was published earlier this year that shows that that interaction between the bacterial biofilm and the oleic acid in the breast creates oxylipin 10 home, which actually can lead to symptoms. So we have a cause effect relationship. Is it going to be the answer in every single patient?