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Super Injection!

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We know that we often acquire immunity against various diseases by getting “injections” of dead or weakened bacteria or viri.  Our body learns to recognize these “invaders” and when confronted with the “real McCoy”, it can draw upon its resources and repel the invasion or incursion.  The end result is that our body’s learned responses keep us healthy.

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Say what? IBM is developing antibiotics?

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Have you been prescribed antibiotics by your doctor and failed to follow the protocol?  Oh, yes, I know, you felt better after a week, so why keep taking the antibiotic? It’s because the bacteria are still in your system, dying off.  If you stop the treatment, those microbes can then survive and develop resistance to that antibiotic.  After a while, we have created a generation of “superbugs” that are immune to our arsenal of antibacterials.  And, that is a real problem.

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