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We often overlook how many germs our cell phones carry. From the number of surfaces we place them on to every time we touch—or allow someone else to touch—them with unclean hands.

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This discovery could also have implications in studies of polymer-secreting conglomerations of bacteria known as biofilms—the slippery goo on river rocks, for example—and in industrial ...

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In pre-clinical research with mouse models, the bacteria is injected intravenously. “It goes everywhere, but then the immune system rapidly clears the attenuated bacteria from healthy organ ...