Researchers Think They’ve Solved Antibiotic Resistance – IOTW Report

Researchers Think They’ve Solved Antibiotic Resistance

 

Biologists have known for a while how bacteria exchange DNA with each other and in the process will build an immunity to our drugs. By studying transposons, also called “jumping DNA,” on the molecular level, German researchers believe there are tricks we can use when designing new antibiotics  that can keep the bugs from sharing immunity with each other. More

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9 Comments on Researchers Think They’ve Solved Antibiotic Resistance

  1. Most of the garden variety of antibiotics
    are becoming useless.One reason is the dumping
    of unused antibiotics into the sewer system.This
    is happening world wide.The critters in the sewer
    get just enough taste of it to get sick but not die….

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  2. Call us when you can actually do that. Still waiting on fusion power, teleportation, switching off the aging gene, and printer cartridges that cost less than the printer. 😉

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  3. Yeah! I will sit still for a German enhanced virus to be injected in me……. NOT!

    “Speaking the truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act.” Geo. Orwell

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  4. Antibiotics are over-prescribed. In many turd-world countries, they are available over-the-counter. Ignorant people use them until they feel better and then stop, before all the bacteria are killed; a few of the strongest bacteria survive to reproduce, and voila! antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

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  5. Tony R,

    Doesn’t even have to be third word countries… Right here… Think rich guy/gal that shops for a doctor to cure his/her kids so they can get back to the office…

    KR

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