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Parents, guardians and all who care for kids should check their medicine cabinets after a children's cough syrup was recalled for a foodborne bacteria that can cause myriad problems.

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By spinning bacteria in a controlled flow, scientists produce aligned cellulose sheets with tensile strength over 500 MPa.

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Technical Terms FtsZ: A bacterial protein essential for cell division, analogous to eukaryotic tubulin in its ability to form filamentous structures.