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Cystic Fibrosis in Australia

Common Food Preservative Might Provide Treatment For Cystic Fibrosis

03/Feb/2006

Researchers led by a University of Cincinnati (UC) scientist say they have discovered what might be the "Achilles' heel" of a dangerous organism that lives in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients--a fatal flaw that leaves the organism vulnerable to destruction by a common food preservative.

Full article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/01/060126194347.htm