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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Editor's Note: The editors of Nature Biotechnology wish to alert readers that the Article "Microbiome analyses of blood and tissues suggest cancer diagnostic approach" by Poore et al., on which sections of this News Feature were based has been retracted. Comments in this News Feature that rely on the accuracy and reproducibility of this data should therefore be reconsidered.
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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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