Viruses could be the key to healthy corals

Thursday, August 30, 2012 - 20:32 in Health & Medicine

Scientists have developed a treatment for the white plague disease that infects coral based on a medication developed to treat bacterial infections in humans. The therapy ceased the progression of infection in diseased corals and prevented the infection from spreading to surrounding healthy corals as well.

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