Those bacteria that have ways to protect themselves from antibiotics, what are their mechanisms and how do they work?
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I talked to a researcher a few weeks ago, who’s running clinical trials.
They’re doing clinical human trials now on bacteria (I think it’s salmonella) where they’ve grown genetically modified “good” salmonella that cannot reproduce seeks out “bad” harmful salmonella and destroys it, because it recognizes it as its own “kind”. So, you get a shot or oral dosage of the good modified, it kills the bad, and then your body just treats it like any other cellular waste. They’re planning to do this for lots of other bacteria, and then also viruses.
Also, it’s a million times more cost effective of a treatment as the cells are easy to reproduce in a lab vs. antibiotics or antivirals, and supposedly much safer.
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