Whittling down the bacterial subspecies that might drive colon cancer

Cynthia L. Sears; Jessica Queen

doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00662-z

Whittling down the bacterial subspecies that might drive colon cancer

Cynthia L. Sears, Jessica Queen

School of Medicine

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Understanding the factors that drive formation of particular types of cancer can aid efforts to develop better diagnostics or treatments. The identification of a bacterial subspecies with a connection to colon cancer has clinical relevance.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	275-276
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature
Volume	628
Issue number	8007
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-00662-z
State	Published - Apr 11 2024

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Cancer
Medical research
Microbiology

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