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Space Supersizes Salmonella

Baffled scientists point to 'fluid shear'

By Sean McManus,  Newser User

Posted Sep 25, 2007 9:43 AM CDT

(Newser) – Salmonella germs that went into space on a 2006 mission returned three times more deadly, reports the AP. Space travel altered 167 genes in the germ, which is the leading cause of food poisoning, and it killed mice at much higher rates than identical samples...   Read full story »

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