Unique antibiotic to MRSA and Anthrax found in ocean mud
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A completely new and unusual antibiotic compound has been extracted from a marine microorganism found in sediments off the coast of California.
The discovery of genuinely novel antibiotics is rare, and experts say resistance to the drugs poses a grave threat to human health.
US scientists say the new compound, called anthracimycin, seems to be effective against MRSA and anthrax.
Details appear in the German journal Angewandte Chemie.
The unique chemical structure of the compound could lead to a new class of antibiotic medicines.
Thomas Frieden, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, recently warned of the risk posed by antibiotic-resistant "nightmare" bacteria while Sally Davies, UK Chief Medical Officer described them as a "ticking time bomb" that threatens national security.
The Infectious Disease Society of America has expressed concern that the rate of antibiotic development to counter resistance is insufficient. This makes this latest discovery particularly welcome news.
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[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23523507]Article (BBC)[/url]
Nature has a fucking wierd way of being incredible.
[QUOTE=Sprockethead;41675578]Nature has a fucking wierd way of being incredible.[/QUOTE]
Now we have to carefully safeguard this one so we don't blow the last few antibiotics that work on MRSA
Thank fuck.
I give it a year before it's being handed out like candy, like every other antibiotic we've had.
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Close enough
This is great. Now don't fucking overuse it like you did last time you bloody morons. We don't need to be creating super-MRSA in 20 years...
[QUOTE=TestECull;41678684]This is great. Now don't fucking overuse it like you did last time you bloody morons. We don't need to be creating super-MRSA in 20 years...[/QUOTE]
Truly; antibiotic abuse likely forces the evolution of these superbugs, wiping out the rest and leaving only the best, which in turn multiplies rapidly and results in a significant population.
If we keep popping antibiotics like candy, one day we'd probably have to use some sort of hunter-killer medical nanomachines as a means to destroy them since our own immune systems are ill-equipped to combat what are essentially the Space Marine equivalent of diseases.
I dunno about you guys, but I don't wanna have to wear some sort of crappy hazard suit all the time because of a rampant superbug that would make my skin look like cornflakes and chewed-up gum if I caught it.
[QUOTE=ironman17;41678806]Truly; antibiotic abuse likely forces the evolution of these superbugs, wiping out the rest and leaving only the best, which in turn multiplies rapidly and results in a significant population.
If we keep popping antibiotics like candy, one day we'd probably have to use some sort of hunter-killer medical nanomachines as a means to destroy them since our own immune systems are ill-equipped to combat what are essentially the Space Marine equivalent of diseases.
I dunno about you guys, but I don't wanna have to wear some sort of crappy hazard suit all the time because of a rampant supervirus.[/QUOTE]
The largest problem is that people do not take their antibiotics for the entire regimen. They stop when they're feeling better leaving the surviving infection to adapt. We definitely need stricter controls on antibiotic use across the board.
let's not run this into the ground by handing it out like candy to everyone, resistant bacteria are popping up everywhere already.
[QUOTE=ironman17;41678806]Truly; antibiotic abuse likely forces the evolution of these superbugs, wiping out the rest and leaving only the best, which in turn multiplies rapidly and results in a significant population.
If we keep popping antibiotics like candy, one day we'd probably have to use some sort of hunter-killer medical nanomachines as a means to destroy them since our own immune systems are ill-equipped to combat what are essentially the Space Marine equivalent of diseases.
I dunno about you guys, but I don't wanna have to wear some sort of crappy hazard suit all the time because of a rampant supervirus.[/QUOTE]
[quote]antibiotic abuse[/quote]
[quote]rampant supervirus[/quote]
Pick one
I read somewhere that there was a way to somehow "remove" the immunity from bacteria with a compound found on human milk. It could solve for good most of the cases of bacteria resistant and immune to antibiotics.
Found the source, here it is: [url]http://www.insidescience.org/content/breast-milk-protein-may-help-defeat-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria/997[/url]
I think the best thing I have seen / heard about the issue of antibiotics being over-used was in a documentary I saw with a doctor talking about it. She refuses to prescribe antibiotics unless she is 100% sure they are needed purely for the reason that in 20 or 30 years when she needs a hip replacement she would rather not die from a simple infection.
I think this is a brilliant attitude that everyone should take with regards to antibiotics, even the selfish thinking about yourself.
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