Two thousand years of medicine and the cure was the thing your body was already flushing down the toilet for free.

Scientists Turn Urine Into Pneumonia Cure, Deaths Drop

Researchers found that a compound isolated from human urine reduced deaths from bacterial pneumonia, according to a report in The Economic Times. The discovery traces back to an old observation about urea's antimicrobial properties, which scientists revisited with modern lab techniques. In trials, the treatment cut mortality from bacterial pneumonia, a disease that kills hundreds of thousands worldwide each year. The findings were published as a reminder that effective cures can come from unlikely, even unglamorous, sources.

Source: Scientists Turn Urine Into Pneumonia Cure, Deaths Drop — The Economic Times

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