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Back when the dinosaurs ruled the Earth, some hardy bacteria took up residence in the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Now, 86 million years later, they're still there. And a new study says they're living out the most Spartan lifestyle known on this planet.
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Back when the dinosaurs ruled the earth, some hardy bacteria took up residence in the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Eighty six million years later, they're still there. And a new study says they're living out the most Spartan lifestyle known on this planet.
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Scientists have opened the way for more accurate research into new ways to fight dangerous bacterial infections by proving a long-held theory about how bacteria communicate with each other.
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A new mom in South Carolina is the second person in recent weeks to contract a rare disease known as flesh-eating bacteria. Lana Kuykendall, 36, from Piedmont had just returned home after given birth to twins when she felt severe pain in her leg, reports WYFF-TV. Her husband Darren rushed her to the hospital when [...]
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The rare disease commonly known as flesh-eating bacteria has claimed another victim: a South Carolina woman who had just given birth to a healthy set of twins and who noticed an unusual spot on the back of her leg.
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The rare disease commonly known as flesh-eating bacteria has claimed another victim: a South Carolina woman who had just given birth to a healthy set of twins and who noticed an unusual spot on the back of her leg.
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The family of a Georgia student fighting a devastating flesh-eating bacterial infection was waiting to hear from doctors Thursday about whether her fingers will need to be amputated next.
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A second case of flesh-eating bacteria has been reported in South Carolina as a Georgia woman continues to battle the same kind of infection.
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The family of a Georgia student fighting a devastating flesh-eating bacterial infection was waiting to hear from doctors Thursday about whether her fingers will need to be amputated next.
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It’s been an interesting week for the story of ancient bacterial diseases. My post last Saturday discussed how the bacteria that cause leprosy and whooping cough might have been present in the early hominids. Lucas Brouwers (of Thoughtomics ) wrote about bacteria of livestock that developed during the early domestication of animals. While looking for a paper to write about this week I found one ...
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