Marcos Díaz Gay
Marcos Díaz Gay is a 33-year-old computational biologist from Santiago de Compostela, Spain, who recently led a groundbreaking study suggesting that a bacterial toxin may be linked to the rising rates of colorectal cancer among younger adults. His research, published in the prestigious journal Nature, indicates that the toxin could cause cancerous mutations in children's DNA, potentially explaining the alarming increase in colorectal cancer cases in individuals under 50.
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Marcos Díaz Gay suggested that a toxin from Escherichia coli is behind the rise in colorectal cancer among young patients.
Revolución en la medicina: una molécula producida por bacterias del intestino causa la aterosclerosis, culpable de millones de muertes | Salud y bienestar
Spain· 2025-07-16
Marcos Díaz-Gay is the head of the Digital Genomics Group at CNIO and the first author of the study.
Cáncer de pulmón en no fumadores: rol del ADN y la polución - Ciencia
Paraguay· 2025-07-03
Marcos Díaz-Gay is a bioinformatician at CNIO and the first author of the study.
Hallada una fuerte conexión entre contaminación atmosférica y cáncer de pulmón en no fumadores | CienciaSpain· 2025-07-03
Marcos Díaz Gay is the lead researcher of a study revealing a potential link between bacterial toxins and colorectal cancer in young adults.
Aumenta la cifra de cáncer colorrectal en jóvenes; conozca las causas
Dominican Republic· 2025-04-23Marcos Díaz Gay is a computational biologist leading a study linking a bacterial toxin in children to the rise of colorectal cancer in younger adults.
Un estudio vincula una toxina bacteriana en los niños a la “epidemia” de cáncer colorrectal en los adultos más jóvenes | Salud y bienestarSpain· 2025-04-23
