Complex view is needed


	Complex view is needed

balthazarus

7-16-2008 7:00 PM

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balthazarus says:

These properties point toward a much more complex view of the organism, not just as ulcer-pathogen or cancer-pathogen, but as an organism that has its costs and benefits to us

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