Jason H. Moore, Ph.D.Major data analysis errors invalidate cancer microbiome findings https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.07.28.550993v1.full #cancer #microbiome
@moorejh Here is the original paper https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2095-1
Microbiome analyses of blood and tissues suggest cancer diagnostic approach - Nature
Microbial nucleic acids are detected in samples of tissues and blood from more than 10,000 patients with cancer, and machine learning is used to show that these can be used to discriminate between and among different types of cancer, suggesting a new microbiome-based diagnostic approach.
Daniel E. Weeks@moorejh And here’s a response to the recent preprint
