New research in the UK: artificial viruses can be used to kill bacteria, and it is expected to solve the problem of drug resistance
Release date: 2018-02-07 With the abuse of antibiotics in many places, many bacteria have begun to show resistance, and some so-called "super bacteria" are even resistant to most of the existing antibiotics. Once infected, it is difficult to treat. Therefore, the medical profession has been developing new antibiotics, but the rate of development is seriously behind the rate of resistance of bacteria. Researchers from institutions such as the National Physical Laboratory in the United Kingdom reported in a new issue of the British journal Nature Communications that they have synthesized a virus in the laboratory that can be like a micro drone in the microcosm. The bacterial cells are found and attacked, which destroys the entire bacteria by contacting and destroying the cell membrane. In contrast, some antibiotics needed to enter the bacterial cells and hit a target inside to produce an effect. The way this synthetic virus destroys bacterial cells means that bacteria are not easily resistant to it, helping to solve bacterial resistance problems. One of the authors of the report, National Physics Laboratory Scholar Marx Ridnov, said the study may provide a new and long-term effective treatment for infectious diseases. Researchers say the synthetic virus can be used in areas such as gene editing in the future. At present, some gene editing technologies use a certain virus as a carrier to transport the desired gene into the interior of the cell. Source: Xinhua News Agency Enoki Mushroom Extract;Snow Puf Mushroom Extract;Enokitake Concentrated Powder Shaanxi Zhongyi Kangjian Biotechnology Co.,Ltd , https://www.zhongyibiotech.com