Argentine biotech developing first treatment of haemolytic uraemic syndrome

Look around the streets of Buenos Aires City and you’ll notice a new food trend: an explosion of restaurants offering all kinds of hamburgers, from smash burgers and sliders, to gourmet blends and even an infamous raw burger. While many Argentines are embracing this newfound love of ground beef, for parents of young children the fad is a bit of a nightmare. And not only because they’re worried about junk food and obesity. The main reason for concern is that hamburger meat is considered the main culprit of a potentially life-threatening disease called haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) that is…