One major drawback, however, was the amount of time and work that was needed to prepare a sample.

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It's been quite some time since the new privacy policy was introduced, but the university says the sample group didn't reduce the amount of info shared with non-friends on the network, even as of 2011.

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After a specified amount of time, the swatches were then put into contact with a bacterial sample.

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