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Post by Naught on Sept 12, 2010 18:35:37 GMT 10
Cockroach Brains May Hold New Antibiotics? Insects naturally kill deadly MRSA and E. coli bacteria, experiment shows. Cockroaches may make your skin crawl, but the insects—or, to be exact, their brains—could one day save your life. That's because the central nervous systems of American cockroaches produce natural antibiotics that can kill off bacteria often deadly to humans, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and toxic strains of Escherichia coli, scientists said this week. Two species of locust tested so far also have the same bacteria-killing molecules in their tiny heads. The findings suggest that the insect world—which makes up 80 percent of all animals on Earth—may be teeming with new antibiotics, said study co-author Simon Lee of the University of Nottingham in the U.K. Such a discovery is crucial, because scientists are scrambling to combat strains of several infectious diseases, including MRSA and E. coli, that are resistant to traditional antibiotics, Lee said. news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/09/100909-cockroach-brains-mrsa-ecoli-antibiotics-science-health/That that sounds maybe better for us then conventional antibiotics?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2010 18:43:06 GMT 10
It does sound good and god knows we are gunna need new anti-ciotics soon, but jeez, they might want to think of a better name than "cockroach brains"
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Post by Wes on Sept 12, 2010 18:58:09 GMT 10
I hope it tastes better than it sounds.
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Post by Naught on Sept 12, 2010 19:00:30 GMT 10
Imagine picking up your prescription
Pharmacist -"So is this your first time being prescribed cockroach brains?"
Patient- "ummm........yes it is"
Pharmacist-" Ok you don't need to take them on an empty stomach. You can actually just fill your stomach with them. They are full of protein. Also they will not cause any tummy pains but may taste like a shrimp filled with guts"
Patient-"sweet fuck penicillin"
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2010 19:15:07 GMT 10
"taste like shrimp" you say?
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Post by theshee on Sept 13, 2010 0:35:20 GMT 10
I hate roaches BUT this can't be a bad thing.
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Post by brillbilly on Sept 13, 2010 4:12:37 GMT 10
not as nice sounding as crickets
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