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Maggots in medicine

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Listen to the series now by searching for Fukushima wherever you get your BBC podcast. I could possibly be in the last couple of years of my life without those maggots and I don't think I'm being dramatic saying that. If I'd had further amputations going up that leg which would have been a high chance of that happening then I might not be here today. There is a real need here the rise of antibiotic resistant infections those that are getting really hard to treat superbugs it means we need new types of therapy and that includes maggots. So first what we're going to do is see where the maggots are being made how they're produced and how they become safe

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