Wednesday, May 02, 2007

BBC NEWS | UK | England | Manchester | Maggots help cure MRSA patients

BBC NEWS UK England Manchester Maggots help cure MRSA patients: "Maggots are being used to help successfully treat MRSA patients in record time, according to a new study by the University of Manchester.
Researchers used green bottle fly larvae to treat 13 diabetics whose foot ulcers were contaminated with MRSA
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Maggots have been used since the Napoleonic Wars, - they eat the dead tissue and bacteria, leaving the healthy tissue to heal. "

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