Monday, October 18, 2004
Slime and Ocean Spray
The slippery mucus that covers a fish's skin may prove to be a source of new antibiotics. The layer protects fish from water-bourne bacteria, and scientists are looking into what chemicals are involved, and if they might be medically active.
Cranberries have long been used as a complementary treatment for bladder and digestive disorders, particularly infections, but now it seems that they may help take on a much nastier foe: genital herpes. The results are preliminary and only in vitro, but if it leads to better management of the virus (which a appalling number of people don't know they have), that'll be good.
Cranberries have long been used as a complementary treatment for bladder and digestive disorders, particularly infections, but now it seems that they may help take on a much nastier foe: genital herpes. The results are preliminary and only in vitro, but if it leads to better management of the virus (which a appalling number of people don't know they have), that'll be good.
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