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Cancer patients weren t responding to therapy. Then they got a poop transplant. Nicoletta Lanese © Provided by Live Science illustration of bacterial cells floating above the lining of the intestine For some cancer patients, a poop transplant could boost the positive effects of immunotherapy, a treatment designed to rally the immune system against cancer cells.  Not all cancer patients respond to immunotherapy drugs. For example, only about 40% of patients with advanced melanoma, a type of skin cancer, reap long-term benefit from the drugs, according to recentestimates. In trying to pinpoint the differences between patients who respond well to immunotherapy and those who don t, scientists have zeroed in on a likely suspect: the microorganisms living in their guts. 

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