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All the more surprising because it was an accidental discovery!
From the article: The original goal of this work was to sort out the naming of different bacterial genes, but the result was identifying a completely new metabolic pathway that can be exploited to improve healthcare," says Phillips. "It's a reminder that, to paraphrase Louis Pasteur, chance favors the prepared mind. |