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When we think of cholera, most of us picture contaminated water and tragic outbreaks in vulnerable regions. But behind the scenes, cholera bacteria are locked in a fierce, microscopic war-one that ...

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In biology classes from high school through university, I learned that mitochondria are little objects that reside within ...