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Microbes offer engineering strategies to combat cancer

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This commentary outlines our expanding opportunities to harness the gut microbiota for cancer prevention and remission. Ultimately, simple microbial strategies might impart immune balance throughout the body leading to sustained good health.

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Figure 1: Microbe exposures stimulate the immune system against cancer.

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  1. Susan E. Erdman is at the Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.,

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Erdman, S. Microbes offer engineering strategies to combat cancer. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 13, 125–126 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2016.14

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