05 November 2005

Korean dish 'may cure bird flu'

"...Scientists at Seoul National University say they fed an extract of kimchi to 13 infected chickens - and a week later 11 of them had started recovering...."We found that the chickens recovered from bird flu, Newcastle disease and bronchitis. The birds' death rate fell, they were livelier and their stools became normal," said Professor Kang Sa-ouk...."
Kimchi might be a cure for bird flu...

One question though? Who the heck had the idea of feeding chickens Kimchi? What? One day a scientist woke up and said to himself, "I'm going to feed the chickens kimchi!"?