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Scientists have discovered a promising new approach to fighting cancer in the gut bacteria of a Japanese tree frog, with one strain completely shrinking tumors in mice, with no severe side effects.

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It's one of humanity's scariest what-ifs – that the technology we develop to make our lives better develops a will of its own ...

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