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This got us thinking: What is it exactly that's keeping us from beating cancer for good? First and foremost, every cancer is its own terribly original snowflake. In essence, cancer is abnormal cells that have already gotten past your immune system, meaning that they're smart enough to evade treatments. So it's going to take a lot of working through the biology to determine which genetic mutation to target to destroy the tumor cells.
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Bacterial colonies in human body linked to presence of cancer in mouth and throat
In a sample study, researchers at Johns Hopkins say they have found an association between the makeup of an individual's microbiome and head and neck cancer, a finding that potentially advances the quest for faster and more accurate cancer diagnosis and therapy. In a report on the research published on May 30, 2016 in Oncotarget, the scientists say that populations of the human microbiome-the collection of normal bacteria inhabiting peoples' bodies-can help discriminate between patients with head and neck cancer and healthy individuals. "One of the goals of our research is to better understand how the microbiome may influence the immune response to cancer and how the immune response affects the
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