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Researchers discover infectious bacteria can switch species
physorg.com — Scientists from the Universities of Bath and Exeter have developed a rapid new way of checking for toxic genes in disease-causing bacteria which infect insects and humans. Their findings could in the future lead to new vaccines and anti-bacterial drugs.
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- 9bpm9, on 10/10/2008, -1/+18This title doesn't describe what actually happened in any possible way.
- bboymouse, on 10/10/2008, -2/+1reading comprehension eludes you, eh subby?
- mushoo, on 10/10/2008, -1/+1And the author/editor of the article apparently.
Journalism's going to *****.
I can only surmise two possible reasons for the ***** title they gave to this article.
A. After doing all the work for the article they didn't really get what they were writing about.
B. They intentionally sought to lure in readers through a facetious headline.
- mushoo, on 10/10/2008, -1/+1And the author/editor of the article apparently.
- ligyron, on 10/10/2008, -1/+2What happened to the good ol' days of studying the spread of diseases with World of Warcraft
- kvgirard, on 10/10/2008, -1/+9the way the title puts it,i was hoping for something like leprosy bacteria turning into E. Coli bacteria.
- moneyswears, on 10/10/2008, -1/+2This is not news.
- superabe420, on 10/10/2008, -1/+1perfect... just got back from watching quarantine.
now i won't sleep. - LilJimmyNordin, on 10/10/2008, -1/+1Someone should offer the cabbie I met today a full scholarship to the University of Bath.
- cmjM67, on 10/10/2008, -0/+2dugg for university of bath
- SpectreFire, on 10/10/2008, -0/+4*squints eyes* SHUT... DOWN... EVERYTHING!
- bwdd, on 10/10/2008, -0/+3This might lead to another infamous digg AIDS cure.
- GiganticLeopard, on 10/10/2008, -3/+0Is this saying that disease can spread form one species to another? i thought that was impossible....hmmm
- Joeblogs, on 10/10/2008, -0/+0*Yawn*
"Gee, how can we get some VC money? Nature won't accept our manuscript, so no one is going to take us seriously. I know, lets issue a press release with some nice general statements!" - brandita, on 10/10/2008, -0/+1Gotta go find that Outbreak DVD.
- locojones, on 10/10/2008, -1/+1Wow, an infectious agent turns on a different set of virulence factors based on its prospective host. Thanks Dr. Obvious.
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