The Medicines Hiding in Us… Also, Potatoes

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Sometimes, potential new disease treatments turn up in some unexpected places... like potatoes.

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Sources:
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/967104
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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.02472-22

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