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Kenyan scientists use maggots to clean, cure chronic wounds

KARI Director of Trypanosomiasis Research Centre Dr Phoebe Mukiria explains ‘maggot therapy’ during Kenya Science Journalists Congress held at Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, last week. [PHOTO: PHILIP MUASYA/STANDARD]

By PHILIP MUASYA

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