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“Messieurs, c'est les microbes qui auront le dernier mot”: Gentlemen, it is the microbes who have the last word (Louis Pasteur)—Fusobacterium nucleatum protect tumors from killing by immune cells

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Article: e1038690 | Received 01 Apr 2015, Accepted 02 Apr 2015, Published online: 27 Jul 2015

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