Article
The Diagnostic Potential & Interactive Dynamics of the Colorectal Cancer Virome
2017-06-20
Abstract excerpt
Human viruses (those that infect human cells) have been associated with many cancers, largely due to their mutagenic and functionally manipulative abilities. Despite this, cancer microbiome studies have almost exclusively focused on bacteria instead of viruses. We began evaluating the cancer virome by focusing on colorectal cancer, a primary cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world, and a cancer linke...
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- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
- Gut microbiota and health
- Plant Virus Research Studies
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Viral-associated cancers and disorders
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
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- Literature Corpus work
- 8b81ad4e-a54d-5c78-bbcf-0bbcea1eceba
- DOI
- 10.1101/152868