IN western countries, coronary heart disease resulting from clogged up arteries is the most common cause of death. Yet we still don’t understand exactly what triggers it.
So you might think researchers would rush to investigate fresh claims that infectious agents are involved. The trouble is, the agents in question – tiny self-replicating bacterium-like structures – appear to challenge many of the conventions of microbiology. And as all too often happens when orthodoxies are challenged, the debate has become polarised.
The latest evidence for the existence of nanobacteria (see “Are nanobacteria alive or just strange crystals?”) comes from a team claiming…
