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Maggot therapy hope 'premature'
(BBC 20/03/2009)
Maggots may not have the miracle healing properties that have been claimed, a UK study suggests. Researchers comparing maggots with a standard "hydrogel" in treating leg ulcers found little difference. Recent excitement over using maggots to speed up healing and even reduce MRSA infections in leg ulcers seems to have been premature, they said.
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