Monitoring RNA modifications without cells derived from the microbiome detects colorectal cancer

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This is a summary of: Ju, C.-W. et al. RNA modifications without cells derived from the microbiome in the plasma discriminate with colorectal cancer samples. Nat. Biotechnol. https://doi.org/10.1038/S41587-025-02731-8 (2025).