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Published online 4 May 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070430-13
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Maggots eat up resistant bacteria
Creepy crawlies are the latest weapon in the anti-MRSA arsenal.
The drug-resistant bug MRSA has a new adversary — the maggot. Researchers in Manchester, UK, have just won a grant to compare maggots with other more hi-tech treatments for people with diabetes who suffer from infected feet.
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