What killed Nobel poet Pablo Neruda after 1973 Chilean coup? Hamilton researchers uncover clues

A Chilean court has ordered a re-examination of the 1973 death of Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda, in part due to the work of McMaster University researchers in Hamilton who determined botulism-causing bacteria were in his blood.

What killed Nobel poet Pablo Neruda after 1973 Chilean coup? Hamilton researchers uncover clues
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A Chilean court has ordered a re-examination of the 1973 death of Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda, in part due to the work of McMaster University researchers in Hamilton who determined botulism-causing bacteria were in his blood.