Saturday, April 23, 2011
Neutralizing bacteria through communication
A new tactic has been developed to fight bacteria not by killing them but by ruining their genetic conversations. Which results ultimately in killing them... But the process focuses on interrupting "quorum sensing". Quorum sensing synchronizes group behavior to institute pathogenesis. This new method of altering the receptions of a bacteria will open new pathways to fight harmful bacteria and put another hurdle they will have to evolve over.The method involved works by blocking the receptors of harmful bacterial so they can not recieve signals from other bacterial. This isolation will allow them to be unable to become stronger as a whole, work together to be stronger, and share drug resistances amongst their community. The act of quorum sensing is actually used in many organisms such as squids and bio films in swamps. this function has been heavily studied just for great methods like this one to be developed.
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Im glad to see research like this being done to discover new ways to destroy bacteria as we are quickly running out of effective antibiotics.
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