And that, despite claims that this would somehow -- this pipeline would somehow solve the pain that families are feeling at the pump today, the company itself has said it would take years before a single drop of oil would flow through that pipeline.

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Bacteria learned to get around macrolides in two ways: Either they would make a single genetic change to the proteins to which the macrolides bind, or they would absorb the drug but then pump it out.

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Either the bugs would make a single genetic change to the proteins to which the macrolides bind, or the bacteria would absorb the drug but then pump it out before it could work.

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