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Maggots eat up resistant bacteria

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Creepy crawlies are the latest weapon in the anti-MRSA arsenal.

It looks bad, but it works: maggots can clean out some foot wounds better than drugs.

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Sanderson, K. Maggots eat up resistant bacteria. Nature (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/news070430-13

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