Word: antibioticized
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The first indication that the disease could be tamed if not cured came in 1987, when physicians discovered how to prevent pneumocystis pneumonia, a secondary infection of the lungs that caused one-third of AIDS deaths. At the + time, pneumocystis was treated with a drug called pentamidine, which was given...
Without savings to go home, the workers are stuck living in conditions reminiscent of The Grapes of Wrath. Douglas Davis, a 35-year-old carpenter from Pennsylvania, is living in his aging Scout van at Camp Mad Max because he can't afford a hotel. Thieves have taken his car...
SCIENTISTS HAVE LONG WONDERED WHY SHARKS never seem to get sick. Despite a relatively primitive immune system, they almost never get infected after suffering wounds, and they seem to be cancer-free. Now a team of scientists, working with dogfish taken from the Gulf of Maine, think they may have...
Large cities are breeding grounds for novel, antibiotic-resistant strains of old germs and for entirely new kinds of microbes. Not since the bubonic plague has the world encountered anything like the AIDS virus, which has infected at least 10 million people. No one knows exactly where AIDS originated, but...
Examining that person and his implements, scientists have gained new insight into late Stone Age society. They've been stunned by the sophisticated design of his arrows, which reflect a basic grasp of ballistics, and by the ingenuity of his clothing. Even more amazing is the evidence that Neolithic people...