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H.pylori and Obesity?

Posted by on Sep 16, 2008 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

This article from “The Economist” provides another twist in the tale of Helicobacter pylori, that gut-residing, acid-resistant, ulcer-causing bacterium discovered by Marshall and Warren. If this is right (and there’s still a long way to go before the findings are validated properly) then we have: a) another example of the intricacies of...

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Bugs On the Air

Posted by on Sep 13, 2008 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

Sorry about not posting for a bit now; I was suddenly thrown into a flurry of activity when a surprising offer to give a spot of academic lecturing and tutoring at Macquarie University came at short notice. I’ve never done any academic lecturing (the occasional lab seminar notwithstanding) and there was a lot of preparation involved, as well as going...

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