• Question: how do you work out what makes someone sick

    Asked by next490abs to Kip on 21 Jul 2023.
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      Kip Heath answered on 21 Jul 2023:

      Hey! We use lots of methods. In microbiology our most common is that we take whichever part of the body might be infected (say blood, urine, swab of a skin infection) and put it onto an agar plate to grow any bacteria that are there. Then we can use microscopes and other tests to work out what bacteria is there.

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