Thomas P200 Burke
@findmeinthelab.bsky.social
Asst Prof at UC Irvine. Studying host-pathogen interactions, microbial cancer therapies.
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burkelab.medschool.uci.edu
Expert takes on unserious content
burkelab.medschool.uci.edu
I think you’re onto something
October 24, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I think you’re onto something
You’re probably thinking of the controversy from a retracted paper about detecting tumor bacteria in blood as a diagnostic. The field has shown rather thoroughly that bacteria naturally colonize tumors, cool stuff!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The human tumor microbiome is composed of tumor type–specific intracellular bacteria
Different human tumor types show differences in the composition of bacteria that they harbor.
www.science.org
September 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
You’re probably thinking of the controversy from a retracted paper about detecting tumor bacteria in blood as a diagnostic. The field has shown rather thoroughly that bacteria naturally colonize tumors, cool stuff!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...