Wildflower ‘armors’ itself against disease

Monday, September 13, 2010 - 13:14 in Health & Medicine

An unusual wildflower that accumulates metals in its leaves has been found to use them as a kind of 'armor' against bacterial infection. Scientists from Oxford University have shown that when Alpine...

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