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The research team hopes to sample bacteria from other mummies in South America and Asia to develop a more complete picture of human migrations.
A probiotic containing the protective bugs may offer a potential therapy for preventing the disease, researchers say.
Editors of the journal ranked cancer immunotherapy, a type of treatment that pushes the immune system to attack tumors, at the top of their list of scientific achievements this past year.