Adding friendly bacteria to skin lotion wards off bad germs

Wednesday, February 22, 2017 - 15:01 in Health & Medicine

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bacteria live on everyone's skin, and new research shows some friendly germs produce natural antibiotics that ward off their disease-causing cousins. Now scientists are mixing the good bugs into lotions in hopes of spreading protection....

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