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Scientists uncover how superbug Staph aureus resists our natural defenses

Started by Andrew Yates · 9 months ago

Researchers at the University of Washington have uncovered how the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, including the notorious MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staph aureus) âsuperbugâ strains, resists our body’s natural defenses against infection. The work, which was f ... Continue reading »

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Medifix
1 year ago

Its exciting news but these bacteria deserves credit. The bacteria do colonize in nostrils and know how to live in high NO environment. They are very quickly changing their behavior, strains and faster at adapting to various environment.
We must first learn to slowdown them multiplying and becoming comfortable in numbers is not to introduce them in an envioronment they are uncomfortable. This is likely give them an opportunity to adapt and become more virulent, resistant to various chemicals thrown at them.
MRSA knows how to donate their gene and plasmid to non-virulent strains and make harmless bacteria to be a killers.

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