Gator gold.
Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) is the medical campus at Georgetown University. It is co-located with Georgetown University Hospital on the University's main campus in Washington, DC. find that alligator blood has potent bug-killing properties. Gator serum killed bacteria responsible for E. coli E. coli: see Escherichia coli.
E. coli
in full Escherichia coli
Species of bacterium that inhabits the stomach and intestines. E. coli can be transmitted by water, milk, food, or flies and other insects. , dysentery dysentery (dĭs`əntĕr'ē), inflammation of the intestine characterized by the frequent passage of feces, usually with blood and mucus. , salmonella, strep, and more.
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