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Letter: An unsurprise

Published 1 August 2007

From Sergi Erill

Your discussion of nanobacteria and their possible link with calcification in the body is exciting (23 June, p 38). It should not have come as a surprise, however, that tetracycline has an effect on calcification: it a well-known calcium chelator.

Barcelona, Spain

Issue no. 2615 published 4 August 2007

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