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'Robogut' Makes Synthetic Poop To Treat Stubborn Infections

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Microbiologist Emma Allen-Vercoe invented the Robogut, a mechanical device that mimics conditions in the human colon.

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The Robogut, developed at the University of Guelph, can grow up a whole the bacteria that thrive in your gut. Many of these bugs won't grow in any other laboratory in the world.

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A stool substitute, called RePOOPulate, aims to replace dangerous pathogens in the gut with a healthy community of bacteria.

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Originally published on Thu January 17, 2013 9:50 am

Last summer, we learned about fake poop made from soybeans that The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation used to test high-tech commodes at their toilet fair.

Now, we've come across another type of artificial poop, and it's being created to help people with really bad cases of diarrhea.

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Wed January 16, 2013

Before Obama's Plan Is Out, NRA Calls Him An 'Elitist Hypocrite'

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By Mark Memmott

Originally published on Wed January 16, 2013 11:50 am

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Inflation Rate Slowed Sharply In 2012; Prices Were Flat In December

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The cost of a gallon of gas kept rising last year, but not at the torrid pace of 2010 and 2011. That helped keep inflation in check.

By Mark Memmott

Originally published on Wed January 16, 2013 10:21 am

Consumer prices rose just 1.7 percent in 2012, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. That's about half the pace of 2011 — when prices went up 3 percent.

In December, BLS says, prices were unchanged.

8:24 am

Wed January 16, 2013

Interior Sec. Salazar Is Latest Member Of Cabinet To Announce Departure

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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.

By Mark Memmott

Originally published on Wed January 16, 2013 9:58 am

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar intends to step down at the end of March, his office confirms to NPR's Jeff Brady.

Word of Salazar's plan broke over night. According to The Denver Post, the former senator from Colorado intends to "return to Colorado to spend time with his family."

As the Post writes:

8:04 am

Wed January 16, 2013

Fire Ball, Panic As Helicopter Crashes In London

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A firefighter walks toward some of the wreckage at the scene of today's helicopter crash in London.

By Mark Memmott

Originally published on Wed January 16, 2013 10:00 am

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