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Published online 11 February 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030210-2
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Montezuma takes revenge on cancer
Tourists' plague may protect the gut from tumours.
Toilet-bound tourists take comfort: the toxin that causes travellers' diarrhoea could be used to stymie colon cancer - without causing the runs.
Many a tourist falls victim to noxious Escherichia coli bacteria after consuming contaminated food or water.
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