Only a quarter of Clostridium difficile infections in one hospital system were traced to contact with a symptomatic patient.
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Only a quarter of Clostridium difficile infections in one hospital system were traced to contact with a symptomatic patient.
Research in yeast shows that aneuploidy is both a consequence of and an adaptation to stress.
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