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New research out of Washington University could help explain why malnourished children suffer long-term health effects, even after medical treatment.As…
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Microbes can thrive in extreme environments, from inside fiery volcanoes to down on the bottom of the ocean. Now scientists have found a surprising number of them living in storm clouds tens of thousands of feet above the Earth. And those airborne microbes could play a role in global climate.
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Isaac dumps rain, but Mo. drought persistsThe National Weather Service says large parts of rural Missouri and Illinois had between three-to-five inches of…
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Soil bacteria may be helping to make disease-causing bacteria resistant to antibiotics.That’s according to a new study out of Washington University.Lead…
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Researchers have completed the first comprehensive census of the human “microbiome” — the trillions of bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms that…
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Scientists have taken another step toward understanding human nutrition.Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have shown they can grow…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 17, 2008 - Scientists who study ecology view the world as a patchwork quilt of different…