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Cancer debugged

Tumors are rife with bacteria and fungi. Their ubiquity is proving useful in detecting cancers, categorizing them, and even determining whether certain interventions will work.

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Fig. 1: Intratumor bacteria in melanoma.

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Brouillette, M. Cancer debugged. Nat Biotechnol 41, 310–313 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-023-01677-z

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