At first when I looked at this article, I thought they were just talking about antibiotic resistance. When they said that there was something new called a persister, I figured that this could actually help us. We could use these bacteria to help make antibiotics by injecting them, while they are persistent, into someone and taking a sample of that person's blood. If persisters are like mutated bacteria, only temporary, we could find a way to get rid of both. This article was very interesting.
This article was very interesting. There's a lot more to this article than the funny comic on the top! I really hope this proves to be a suficiant way to kill those pesky disease causing bacteria. I like the idea of a persister. This could help many people who have diseases we can't cure. Soon enough, people will look back on when we couldn't cure cancer.
While it is unfortunate that bacteria have developed new ways of defying antibiontics, I am glad we know so we can do something about it as soon as possible. I was surprised to hear the word "persisters" instead of antibiotic restistance. I have never heard that word before. It is also a plus that it is temporary, although this could lead to resistance later. Since we don't know much about them right now, I hope thate research will be made on them to find out more. These really intrigue me. I hope to be a part of this research. On the other hand, how can this this help people with deadly diseases currently uncurable? Hopefully this new discovery will help us with how to treat bacterial infections also. This article left me with a lot of questions, but it was interesting learning about this. Overall, I give this a 7/10.
I would like to respond to Charlotte's previous comment about cancer. Actually, cancer is not a bacterial disease at all. Cancer is abnormal cells that reproduce and get out of control. (Which is why it's so hard to fight; the body does not recognize the problem because it is one of its own cells). Therefore, antibiotics would not be able to affect cancer at all.
4 comments:
At first when I looked at this article, I thought they were just talking about antibiotic resistance. When they said that there was something new called a persister, I figured that this could actually help us. We could use these bacteria to help make antibiotics by injecting them, while they are persistent, into someone and taking a sample of that person's blood. If persisters are like mutated bacteria, only temporary, we could find a way to get rid of both. This article was very interesting.
This article was very interesting. There's a lot more to this article than the funny comic on the top! I really hope this proves to be a suficiant way to kill those pesky disease causing bacteria. I like the idea of a persister. This could help many people who have diseases we can't cure. Soon enough, people will look back on when we couldn't cure cancer.
While it is unfortunate that bacteria have developed new ways of defying antibiontics, I am glad we know so we can do something about it as soon as possible. I was surprised to hear the word "persisters" instead of antibiotic restistance. I have never heard that word before. It is also a plus that it is temporary, although this could lead to resistance later. Since we don't know much about them right now, I hope thate research will be made on them to find out more. These really intrigue me. I hope to be a part of this research. On the other hand, how can this this help people with deadly diseases currently uncurable? Hopefully this new discovery will help us with how to treat bacterial infections also. This article left me with a lot of questions, but it was interesting learning about this. Overall, I give this a 7/10.
I would like to respond to Charlotte's previous comment about cancer. Actually, cancer is not a bacterial disease at all. Cancer is abnormal cells that reproduce and get out of control. (Which is why it's so hard to fight; the body does not recognize the problem because it is one of its own cells). Therefore, antibiotics would not be able to affect cancer at all.
Post a Comment