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Germs taken to space come back deadlier

This article reminded me of the show Invasion, whereby a space shuttle crashed into Earth carrying deadly germs from space...

"It sounds like the plot for a scary B-movie: Germs go into space on a rocket and come back stronger and deadlier than ever. Except, it really happened.

The germ: Salmonella, best known as a culprit of food poisoning. The trip: Space Shuttle STS-115, September 2006. The reason: Scientists wanted to see how space travel affects germs, so they took some along — carefully wrapped — for the ride. The result: Mice fed the space germs were three times more likely to get sick and died quicker than others fed identical germs that had remained behind on Earth."

 

 Click http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/germsinspace for full version

 

Seems like real life can be like reel life, pretty scary if it happens...

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