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Breaking Down Silos: The Convergence of Infectious Diseases and Noncommunicable Diseases - A Workshop

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The Forum on Microbial Threats held a 1.5-day public workshop that explored the growing understanding of how microbes interact with and affect humans in multiple ways, ranging from affecting normal physiological functions to chronic diseases. The workshop allowed participants to gain a deeper understanding of how the distinction between infectious diseases and noncommunicable diseases is blurring and how this is extending to new approaches, such as the use of vaccination to treat certain cancers.

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