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...their best guess as to what causes the disease, which affects 300,000 Americans, mostly women, between their 20s and 40s. Since 1990, thanks to work done in Hafler's lab, however, they've known that MS sufferers have hyperactive T cells - cells that cruise the body looking for bacteria, viruses and other pathogens - a condition that triggers an inflammatory response and destroys the protective myelin sheath around nerve cells in the central nervous system, which connects the brain and body. This can lead to gradual nerve damage and weakening of the muscles in the arms as legs, as well...
That’s because since 1955, a growing prevalence of factories and pollution-emitting businesses along the river have made it unsafe for humans. In addition, an increasing number of various bacteria and toxic sediment have, due to its location on the river’s floor, been able to sit, then grow and spread, according to Lawaetz...
Treating humans with live viruses--even ones that shouldn't harm us--is always risky, so Fischetti decided to isolate just the bacteria-puncturing enzyme and use it to kill bacteria from the outside. So far, he has developed compounds against pneumococcus, streptococcus and anthrax and hopes to eventually treat infected patients by squirting the enzymes in nasal-spray form weekly...
...scare reminded us, that's important in a world in which superbugs can quickly go global. Bacteria may be resourceful things, but science, while slower, can be smarter. It's just a matter of knowing your enemy--and packing the right weapons. [This article contains a complex diagram. Please see hardcopy or pdf.] USING A VIRUS TO ATTACK BACTERIA 1 A bacteriophage is a virus that infects bacteria but not human cells...
...enzyme can be purified from these viruses or manufactured to be used as an antibiotic-like agent to kill bacteria...