Chilling body doesn’t stop bacterial infection
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Bacterial meningitis, caused by microbes such as Streptococcus pneumonmiae (shown), can damage the brain. Cooling the body with induced hypothermia to prevent the damage does not seem to be as helpful as once thought, a new study shows.
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