Scientists at the University of East Anglia are pioneering a new way of finding the bacteria and viruses associated with cancer.
Some infections have already been linked with cancers including stomach cancer and cervical cancer.
New research published today in Genome Biology shows how genomic data collected from tumours could be sequenced to reveal other associated bacteria and viruses.
It is hoped that the work could help detect cancer-causing germs, and one-day even lead to more cancer vaccines like the HPV vaccine.
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