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M.B. Mack

Student Brings Bird Poop Sample to Study in Science Class, Discovers Cancer-Fighting Compound

Domestic geese wait to emerge from their enclosure in the morning at the Oekohof Kuhhorst organic farm near Berlin. (Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

A middle school student from Chicago made an extraordinary discovery after bringing oose poop to study in class and discovering a cancer-fighting compound.

In a 14-week program led by Professor Brian Murphy at the University of Illinois at Chicago, underrepresented students from the Boys and Girls Club collected and analyzed environmental samples to search for new antibiotic candidates.

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