Links 9/10/10

By mikethemadbiologist on September 10, 2010.

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Greenwashing - Is there really a sustainable Orange Roughy fishery?
Transplanting Gut Microbes to Treat Disease: Scientists examine new ways to manipulate the microorganisms within us.
Surviving antibiotics...
Ocean of Pseudoscience: Sharks DO get cancer!
Insect brains 'are source of antibiotics' to fight MRSA

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