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Thu 11 Nov 2009Man's best friend may turn out to be a microbe
SCIENCE WEEK:THE MICROBES that have caused human illness over centuries may in fact be “old friends” that could actually help protect us against modern diseases. It may be that we are just too clean for our own good.
These ideas are part of a new “hygiene” hypothesis to be discussed at a public forum this evening at University College Cork, entitled “Microbes and Mankind – How Bacteria and Viruses Have Shaped Humanity”.
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