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Microbial DNA in patient Blood may be tell-tale sign of Cancer

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In the future, blood-based microbial DNA readouts might be used to detect a variety of different cancers.

From a simple blood draw, microbial DNA may reveal who has cancer and which type, even at early stages. When Gregory Poore was a freshman in college, his otherwise healthy grandmother was shocked to learn that she had late-stage pancreatic cancer. The condition was diagnosed in late December. She died in January.

“She had virtually no warning signs or symptoms,” Poore said. “No one could say why her cancer wasn’t detected earlier or why it was resistant to the treatment they tried...

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