sciencedaily.com— Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have determined what factors turn on protein production in bacteria, a finding that provides new targets for the development of antibiotics.
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Yeah right on research is moving ahead. It's going to be that way till humans finally die out.Let's say we eradicate all bacteria in the world. Oops, we just killed ourselves because our digestive processes are made from bacteria. I'm not thrilled anymore when read stuff like this. I would say figure out better applications of the protein synthesis and see how we can apply it to BUILDING technology and using the bacteria for work.
They found a "flaw" in bacteria protein design. By using developing drugs that inhibit some initiators of bacteria protein generation they can "pause" or even "kill" the whole operation, hence preventing the spread. The problem is which initiator should be inhibited, because some might be necessary.
It's not that I don't understand the article, it's that in my opinion this research is not likely to make a big impact on the creation of antibiotics. But that's just me.
p9s50w5k4gud2c6Apr 8, 2006
This is a potentially huge boon in the defense against the drug resistant super-bugs.
squeeveyApr 8, 2006
Yeah right on research is moving ahead. It's going to be that way till humans finally die out.Let's say we eradicate all bacteria in the world. Oops, we just killed ourselves because our digestive processes are made from bacteria. I'm not thrilled anymore when read stuff like this. I would say figure out better applications of the protein synthesis and see how we can apply it to BUILDING technology and using the bacteria for work.
forgerApr 8, 2006
They found a "flaw" in bacteria protein design. By using developing drugs that inhibit some initiators of bacteria protein generation they can "pause" or even "kill" the whole operation, hence preventing the spread. The problem is which initiator should be inhibited, because some might be necessary.
cataphoresisApr 8, 2006
So, who else here is a biochemist/organic chemist?
osjprApr 9, 2006
ultra-virus or ultra-bug, it has the same capacity to kill everyone
shahzApr 10, 2006
It's not that I don't understand the article, it's that in my opinion this research is not likely to make a big impact on the creation of antibiotics. But that's just me.