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Sea sponge can reprogram resistant bacteria

By T.K. Randall
February 19, 2009 · Comment icon 7 comments

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An ocean-dwelling sea sponge has been found to contain a chemical capable of reprogramming antibiotic resistant bacteria so that they are vulnerable to medicines. The new research could revolutionise the way infections are treated and offer new hope for the ever growing number of patients suffering from antibiotic resistant infections.
A chemical from an ocean-dwelling sponge can reprogram antibiotic resistant bacteria to make them vulnerable to medicines again, new evidence suggests. Ineffective antibiotics become lethal once again for bacteria treated with the sponge compound, chemist Peter Moeller reported February 13 at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting. "


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Comment icon #1 Posted by Blueguardian 16 years ago
That is interesting, I hope this research helps to create a cure for cancer and maybe even eczema.
Comment icon #2 Posted by Melioth 16 years ago
So the human population will keep growing? oh great......I think that cancer and all was actually helping to keep our population at a minimum. Now we are truly ******. Unless it's a cure for arthritus, it's not a good thing.
Comment icon #3 Posted by Bearly 16 years ago
That is interesting, I hope this research helps to create a cure for cancer and maybe even eczema. It will probably only lead to cures where the cause of the illness is bacterial or fungal infection, so it is unlikely that it will resolve those two problems. What is getting people excited, is that there are superbugs being created through bacterial resistance to the use of antibiotics. This resistance has evolved over a short period of time. This chemical derived from the sponge is 'deactivating' the bacterial resistance and making these bacteria susceptible again to common antibiotics. This c... [More]
Comment icon #4 Posted by MysteryVy 16 years ago
That is interesting, I hope this research helps to create a cure for cancer and maybe even eczema. cancer and eczema are caused by bacteria?
Comment icon #5 Posted by Dowdy 16 years ago
And people just say he's a gay icon
Comment icon #6 Posted by Warbringer 16 years ago
How do we find out these things?
Comment icon #7 Posted by Blueguardian 16 years ago
cancer and eczema are caused by bacteria? Not sure, probably not, I was just hoping that learning more about this could one day lead to ways to cure things like that.


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