It was already known that Cigarettes are bad for you, but people really don't care so they never listen. Little did they know that it coats superbugs in particular MRSA. Crotty Alexander and her team tested out whether or not cigarette smoke causes MRSA to become more resistant. They found out that the smoke does make MRSA harder to kill and the more smoke it was exposed to the harder it got to kill it.
The team also discovered that smoke-exposed MRSA were more resistant to killing by antimicrobial peptides, small protein pieces the immune system uses to poke holes in bacterial cells and trigger inflammation. The smoke also made MRSA better at sticking to and invading human cells.
This is a very serious issue and people that smoke need to be aware of this. Because what's going to stop the superbug from spreading to others. And medicine won't work because it repels almost everything.
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I think this could be very important information that more smokers should be aware of. While more research should be done to look further into the resistance, this finding should be made more well known to smokers, so they are aware of another serious and harmful effects smoking has on their body.
ReplyDeletePeople who smoke cigarettes never realize the effect it has on their body. They never think anything will happen to them. This is very useful information for them. If people are going to smoke they should do research on what exactly they are doing to their body.
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