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Testing is underway in Houston on vaccines to intercept brewing colon cancer before it takes root

Testing is underway in Houston on vaccines to intercept brewing colon cancer before it takes root
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A Houston doctor who's helping to test a new vaccine is among an estimated 1 million Americans who have Lynch syndrome, a faulty gene passed from a parent that puts them at extremely high risk of colorectal cancer and more vulnerable to certain other cancers.

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