60 Antibiotic Alligator: Promising Proteins Lurk in Reptile Blood Antibiotic Alligator: Promising Proteins Lurk in Reptile Blood Animals  (tags: alligators, antibiotics, proteins, bacteria, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife ) Cher - 1869 days ago - sciencenews.org Researchers hunting for new antibiotics might get some aid from gator blood. Scientists are zeroing in on snippets of proteins found in American alligator blood that kill a wide range of disease-causing microbes and bacteria, including the formidable add comment send green star

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DoNotMessage G. (267) Friday April 11, 2008, 2:55 pm It scares me to think what research they will perform on the alligators. send green star | flag as inappropriate Why is this inappropriate? Send Report Cancel Your report has been submitted to Customer Service. Thank you. There was a problem submitting your report. Please try again later.   Sarah P. (84) Friday April 11, 2008, 5:00 pm Yes Sheila it's very scary. :( send green star | flag as inappropriate Why is this inappropriate? Send Report Cancel Your report has been submitted to Customer Service. Thank you. There was a problem submitting your report. Please try again later.

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