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Caffeine and Alzheimers, Pee-mouthed Turtles, Animal Hands, Slime Mold Memories, Bacterial Gut Viruses, And Much More…
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Blair’s Animal Corner
A turtle pees out of it’s mouth: you’re welcome.
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We’re not the only animal with handedness
Slime moulds can remember how to find their way around without a brain
Bacterium create their own bacteriophages within our gut
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I love listening to your show and enjoy the lively presentation.
The bacteria that produce phages against other bacteria was an exciting discovery. You speculated on the use of bacteriophages as antibiotics. This is not new at least in the former Soviet Union and Georgia where they have been used since the 1920s for treating infections. The Wikipedia page on phage therapy is a good start:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phage_therapy
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