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The yeasts may have been capable of using the substance as a source of food.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
"These yeasts have accompanied Oetzi on his long journey through the millennia," study co-author Frank Maixner said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
By tapping into the natural genetic diversity of wild yeasts, we can create innovative products that meet consumers' ever-evolving taste.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2024
“My kind of first feeling here is that there are unsurveyed environments in China where these yeasts dwell, and that these two patients have been unlucky enough to be exposed.”
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 19, 2024
It called the research “horrendous” and said the researchers should leave humans alone and “go back to their yeasts and fungi.”
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
