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Germ-Free Isolators

They are widely used to raise laboratory animals in an environment that is entirely free of microorganisms. Other potential applications are in surgery on human patients and in the manufacture of spacecraft

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 211 Issue 1This article was originally published with the title “Germ-Free Isolators” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 211 No. 1 (), p. 78
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0764-78