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Microbiome-Based Cancer Dx Emerges From Cancer Genome Atlas Reanalysis

Mar 11, 2020
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NEW YORK – Researchers led by the University of California, San Diego's Rob Knight have discovered unique microbial DNA signatures in the tissue and blood of cancer patients, leading to the development of a microbiome-based oncology diagnostic tool.

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