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Do fungi lurking inside cancers speed their growth?

Studies that scrutinized thousands of tumour samples provide the clearest link yet between cancer and fungi — but more research is needed.
  1. Max Kozlov
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For years, evidence has been mounting that bacteria are linked to cancer, and sometimes even play a crucial part in its progression. Now, researchers have found a similar connection with another type of microorganism: fungi.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-03074-z

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