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Re:When antibiotics turn toxic by billybob098 on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @08:03AM (#17867545)
The article doesn't even mention gut flora. Aren't they considering that the systemic degeneration is caused by the damage the antibiotics inflict to the gut microbiome?
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Re:When antibiotics turn toxic by genomer on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @09:16AM (#17867961)
Directly from the article.

"Until recently, investigations into the side effects of antibiotics have focused on how the drugs disrupt the human microbiome, says James Collins, a medical engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge."

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Re:When antibiotics turn toxic by billybob098 on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @10:04AM (#17868275)
*barely even mentions
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