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A rose by any other name...

A BBC News post today reports that scientists in Manchester have discovered that certain aromatherapy oils kill the ‘superbug’ MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus). This apparently serendipitous finding arose because the scientists were asked to test the oils to ensure that they would not harm immune suppressed patients.

Odd that the report does not mention which oils.

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