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Unit 2 cloning learning about language课时作业 I．阅读理解 A Brushing your teeth regularly could help to prevent bowel(肠) cancer，a study suggests.This is because the mouth bacteria that cause bleeding gums(牙龈) can travel via the blood to the bowel where they could result in cancer or worsen existing tumours(肿瘤). The bug fusobacterium(梭杆菌) has been found to be hundreds of times more common in cancerous tumours than in normal cells. Now researchers have found that the bacteria can make pre-cancerous growths in the bowel turn cancerous.They can also make any existing tumours in the bowel grow larger. Scientists are doing research on how the bacteria make their way to the bowel through the blood stream.One theory is that it may happen if a person has bleeding gums. The researchers found that the bacteria have a protein that allows them to stick to sugar molecules attached to friendly growths called polyps(息肉) as well as cancer tumours in the bowel. The bacteria are anaerobic—they do not breathe oxygen—so are well suited to live in the bowel. After sticking to the polyps or tumours，the presence of the bacteria promotes their growth，according to the research. By targeting this process，the researchers believe that it may lead to new drugs to treat bowel cancer which around 1 in 20 of us will develop in our lifetimes. Co-author Wendy Garret，a professor at Harvard University said a greater understanding of the mechanism(机理)may help stop people developing cancerous tumours.She added，“More importantly，our findings suggest that the new drugs could potentially prevent these bacteria from worsening bowel cancer.” As well as worsening cancer，the bacteria have also been found to worsen the bowel condition ulcerative colitis(溃疡性结肠炎)，which in turn is also linked to cancer. So，the researchers warn that mouth health may be an indicator of other lifestyle factors linked to cancer. 1.From the first paragraph，we can learn that . A.