Word: bacterias
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Maybe death by flesh-eating bacteria isn't the worst way to go. When Nasir Jones was growing up in the projects in New York City, it sometimes seemed to him that his whole world was ill and being eaten away. Drugs were devouring minds, crime was destroying families, poverty was gnawing at souls. Then in May 1992, Jones' brother and best friend were shot on the same night. His brother survived, his friend died, and Jones knew he had to do something with his life. "That was a wake-up call for me," he says...
Researchers have genetically altered laboratory mice so that their immune systems are fooled into making human antibodies, powerful proteins that attack viruses, bacteria and other biological threats. The technical breakthrough could eventually lead to the mass production of synthetic antibodies to help fight infections, organ rejection and possibly even cancer...
...also suggest pouring the juice into a cup rather than giving it in a baby bottle. That practice will teach toddlers how to use a cup at the same time that it cuts down on the amount of juice they drink. It will also protect them from cavity-causing bacteria that multiply rapidly in the sugary confines of a baby bottle...
...samples he had taken from the woman to his colleague Salo, the biochemist. Using a new technique of dna analysis called polymerase chain reaction, the Minnesota researchers cloned billions of copies of the ancient genetic material. Then they identified a fragment of dna that is found only in TB bacteria...
...Bacteria can survive in an enormous range of conditions and temperatures," Herschbach said. "I would be surprised if it takes more than two or three decades to find other forms of life in the universe...