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Sight loss in certain inherited eye diseases may be caused by gut bacteria, and is potentially treatable by antimicrobials, finds a new study in mice. Sight loss in certain inherited eye diseases may ...

Congress will ask the watchdog to discover whether the DOD weaponized ticks with Lyme disease as part of a Cold War-era bioweapons program.

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Sight loss in certain inherited eye diseases may be caused by gut bacteria, and is potentially treatable by antimicrobials, finds a new study in mice co-led by a UCL and Moorfields researcher. The ...