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...World Bank have noted a sharp drop in the peak age of child malnutrition in these areas as a result of the "alarming" decrease in breastfeeding in the past two decades. Babies are now commonly suffering from the deadly combination of malnutrition and diarrhea--often caused by bacteria-infested, diluted or ill-prepared formula--as early as three to six months after birth. In light of the fact that the critical period for brain development is the first two years of life, this situation is indeed tragic...
Gilbert and the team of scientists traveled to England to devise a method to make bacteria produce human insulin, an experiment which can only be performed in Britain because of less stringent regulations...
...Caswell, to head a task force coordinating the efforts of city agencies combatting the disease. Working in what resembled a war room, Caswell ordered air-conditioning systems in the area shut off; the CDC's investigators had traced the earlier Indiana outbreak to an air conditioner with a bacteria-contaminated water supply. City inspectors swarmed through the district, taking water samples from air-conditioning systems, and draining and sterilizing rooftop tanks where the water was stored. Below, sanitationmen hosed down the streets and added a dash of mild pine oil to sweeten the smell...
...cause the disease, indicating that they had been infected-without suffering any apparent symptoms-some time ago. This, in turn, suggested that the Legionnaires' bug had been around the district for a while. Hundreds of air and water samples were also checked for presence of the elusive bacteria. All tests proved negative, and the program has now been discontinued...
...that this might happen in two to five years. Eli Lilly & Co., which produces most of the insulin now used in the U.S., shied away from such optimistic projections but announced an agreement with Genentech to begin a program for mass-producing insulin with the help of the tiny bacteria...