Posted on 05/25/2004 7:04:59 PM PDT by Pharmboy
>"The disease is caused by the chitinolytic bacteria that eats chitin, a cellulose-like substance in the shells."<
- Well how about that...nature's lipo-suction!
In a way, I suppose that's what's happening.
Too damned bad there wasn't something we humans could ingest that'd spring to life & begin devouring fat, eh?
That's the thing, given all medicine can do these days they still cannot cure a common cold, grow hair on a bald head, or devise such a potion.
...~sigh~
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