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Mice & Men. Inspired by these gains, researchers decided that no bottle on the chemists' shelves should be left unturned. Under the leadership of Director Cornelius P. Rhoads (TIME cover, June 27, 1949), Sloan-Kettering had already begun down-the-line testing, and by nowr has gone through 20,000...
Dr. Takada kept Ohishi in the hospital for a month on trichomycin, a homegrown Japanese antibiotic. Satisfied that Candida had been knocked out, he fed Ohishi test meals of starchy foods. Ohishi stayed stone sober, hopes that his built-in moonshine plant will remain shut down.
Among the worst offenders, said Dr. Finland, is Pseudomonas aeruginosa, or the "blue-pus organism," which nowadays crops up more often and with greater virulence. Surprisingly, another problem microbe is Aerobacter aerogenes, found naturally on many food plants and in water and milk, as well as in man's...
Every time the cause of some baffling infection is found or a new wonder drug is discovered, the news is hailed as another step toward a hygienic utopia in which disease and premature death will have no place. Not so fast, says one of the world's top authorities...
¶ After strenuous but unpromising efforts to wipe out the fire ant, which first invaded the South and is now spreading (TIME, March 18, 1957), Louisiana State University scientists reported hopes of turning the pest to medical advantage. Its venom, they said, kills not only insects but also mites (resistant...