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Certain types of cancer, such as colon cancers, are associated with the presence of bacteria in the vicinity of the tumour. Writing in Nature, Zepeda-Rivera et al.1 reveal new clues in the quest to pinpoint the specific strain of bacterium implicated in human colon cancer.

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Nature 628, 275-276 (2024)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-00662-z

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