YA BOY SUPERBUGS A kid catches a disease; one of his friends from school gets it from him; he gives it to his brother; his brother to his parents; his parents to their coworkers; their coworkers spread it to their families; and pretty soon‚ the whole country has the infection and they all turn into zombies because there’s no cure. Sounds like the plot for the next Spielberg thriller‚ right? Surprisingly‚ this scenario is a lot more likely than many of us think. While the idea of zombies developing
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“One and Done: New antibiotic could provide single-dose option” This article I found particularly fascinating to read. Currently the treatment for the MRSA infection is approx. 10 days of antibiotic infusions twice a day. A study that has been completed by Duke Medicine researchers claims that they currently have a single-dose antibiotic named Oritavancin that is just as effective as other treatments. Dr. G. Ralph Corey is the lead author of this particular study. He conducted 2 clinical trials
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The Shiga toxin comprises a family of related protein toxins produced by bacteria Shigella dysenteriae. The bacteria S. dysenteriae was discovered by Japanese bacteriologist Kiyoshi Shiga in 1898. Shiga studied 36 patients at the Institute for Infectious Diseases (Tokyo‚ Japan) and isolated a bacterium from the intestinal tissue of dysentery patient. Bacterial isolates were cultured and fed to dogs; that resulted in dysenteric disease (Shiga‚ 1898). Shigella belongs to enterobacteriaceae bacterial
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The effect of toothpaste to oral bacteria VS the effect of mouthwash to oral bacteria Problem: Bacteria in ones’ mouth causes many problems for oneself in the future. For example‚ gum diseases‚ bad breath‚ etc..‚ Toothpaste and mouthwash is promised to kill most of the bacteria in one’s mouth‚ but which is more effective at killing the bacteria and preventing future problems? This experiment and research is going to prove which is more effective at killing oral bacteria
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2.4 Utilization of polysaccharide degradation products 2.4.1 Chitin degradation products Chitin can be degraded by chitinase which have the ability to degrade chitin directly to low molecular weight chitooligomers‚ which serve a broad range of industrial‚ agricultural‚ and medical functions. It also has a wide-ranging applications including the preparation of pharmaceutically important chitooligosaccharides and N-acetyl-D-glucoseamine‚ and as mosquito control. Chitooligosaccharides have an extensive
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3.8 Antibacterial properties Antibacterial property is another important property required for bone tissue engineering to eliminate bacterial infection in orthopedic implants which generally leads to implant failure. Table 4 showed antibacterial zone of inhibition of CMZH I-III and CZH against gram-positive bacteria Bacillus cereus and Lysinibacillus fusiformis and gram-negative bacteria Escherichia coli XL1B. It was observed that the antibacterial inhibition zone increased from CMZH I to CMZH III
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Homeopathy is generally a safe treatment‚ as it used medicines in extremely diluted quantities‚ and there are usually minimal side effects. Homeopathy was founded by German Physician Samuel Hahnemann. During his studies‚ he later concluded that diluting the doses‚ produce the symptoms and the length of the dose’s effectiveness (Wells‚ Ken R.). Naturopathic medicine is branch of medicine in which a variety of natural medicines and treatments are used to heal illness. Naturopaths believe in treating
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Remember that nice juicy steak you had for dinner last night‚ well chances are that‚ that steak contained antibiotics that are the cause of many of the superbugs in the news lately. There is a lot of controversy around the use of antibiotics in livestock and the risks or benefits of using it‚ but for the most part the risks outweigh the benefits. Our large corporate ranch in northwestern Montana should not use antibiotics in our feed because most of it wouldn’t help the livestock anyway‚ antibiotics
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Meningitis is a disease that affects the protective membrane which covers the brain and spinal cord known as meninges. Meningitis is originated from the Greek word membrane inflammation. There are three major types of inflammation‚ which may have been caused infection by bacteria‚ viruses‚ and fungi‚ however‚ there are some can be a result of certain medication‚ physical trauma or disorders. Over the 300 deaths every year‚ in the United States alone is the consequence of this very critical infection
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Clostridium Difficile‚ C. difficile or more commonly called C. diff. belongs to the “domain bacteria which makes it a prokaryotic‚ its Phylum is Firmicutes‚ its class is Clostridia‚ its order is clostridiales‚ its family is Peptostreptococcaceae” (Brymer). “Clostridium difficile is a spore-forming‚ Gram-positive anaerobic bacillus that produces two exotoxins: toxin A and toxin B. It is a common cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD). It accounts for 15-25% of all episodes of AAD.” [1] The
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