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The BBC reports that for the first time, scientists have been able to watch the an infection develop in real time, inside an animal. The best part? They used a special glowing bacteria and measured the rays of light escaping from the animal's body: The researchers used a genetically modified version of a mouse bug, Citrobacter rodentium, which produces light. Dr James Collins, who works in Prof Frankel's lab, then puts the infected mice inside the scanner. "It is a dark box which keeps the animals warm and blocks any other light from coming in. It has a camera at the top so we can very…