Leprosy: Ancient disease able to regenerate organs

[Warpy]

Leprosy bacteria may hold the secret to safely repairing and regenerating the body, researchers at the University of Edinburgh say.

Animal experiments have uncovered the bacteria's remarkable ability to almost double the size of livers by stimulating healthy growth.

It is a sneakily selfish act that gives the bacteria more tissue to infect.
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The experiments, which were performed in the US, showed the infection heads to the armoured animals' livers, where it performed a controlled hijacking of the organ to reprogram it for its own purpose.

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-63626239

Lots of information there, wish BBC would realize there's a difference between a paragraph and a sentence.

[eppur_se_muova]

1. The "armored animals" referred to are armadillos.

Armadillos can be infected with the same bacterium as humans, which is rare.

Second the criticism of BBC (and others') one-sentence paras.

[Warpy]

4. That's why I suggested people read the article

BBC's mistaking sentences for paragraphs combined with their terse sentences prevented me from posting that.

[royable]

2. Be

glad

they

don’t

use

one

word

paragraphs.

[Wounded Bear]

3. LOL!!! nt