The Health Weblog
Using historical procedures coupled with some clever architecture tricks, two Northeastern U. scientists have created at least the beginnings of 1 new antibiotic, 25 other candidates, and maybe even a whole new Class of them.
(funny how strangely-similar their process was to what those Hygeine Hypothesis guys advised)…
A Little Dirt Could Actually Be a Good Thing:
Championing the emerging field of being as Drrrty as possible, model citizens like Carmen Electra, Paris Hilton and Christina Aguilera may actually be on to something.
In a recent study by Duke researchers, it was shown that wild rats which are exposed to microbes have much higher levels of two antibodies than lab rats.
The difference in the two groups was as low as +2x and as high as +11.5x…
