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100 Trillion Good Bacterias Are Living In Human Body: Report
iTech Post ^ | June 14, 2012 | Sarah Martinez

Posted on 06/15/2012 8:30:43 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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To: Revolting cat!
A professor of chemistry wanted to teach his 5th grade class a lesson about the evils of liquor, so he produced an experiment that involved a glass of water, a glass of whiskey, and two worms.

"Now, class, closely observe the worms," said the professor while putting a worm into the water. The worm in the water writhed about, happy as a worm in water could be.

He then put the second worm into the whiskey. It curled up and writhed about painfully, then quickly sank to the bottom, dead as a doornail.

"Now, what lesson can we learn from this experiment?" the professor asked.

Lil' Johnny, who naturally sits in back, raised his hand and wisely, responded confidently, "Drink whiskey and you won't get worms!"

41 posted on 06/16/2012 9:02:43 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The media ignored the 40th anniversary of Bill Ayers' Pentagon bombing but not Watergate. Ask Why.)
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To: Sherman Logan

I gather “coliform” is sometimes used, such as in medicine, as shorthand for coliform concentrations which contain other bacteria. By themselves, the coliform types are generally harmless, yet serve as an indicator of the likely presence of other bacteria, both harmless and pathogenic.

For example, health departments frequently test water for its level of coliform bacteria, beyond a certain concentration the assumption being that sewage or other source of contamination has been introduced.

Granted some forms of coliform bacteria, such as e. coli, can have dangerously pathogenic strains.


42 posted on 06/16/2012 9:41:20 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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stupid regulatory regime at the FDA

It is stupid no doubt and also a bit behind the times. Take the example of the Bacteriophages that I was talking about - these are viruses which normally exist EVERYWHERE in nature and feed on bacteria. Since they are viruses, they evolve faster than the bacteria that they eat. Before penicillin was discovered, Phages were one of the treatments being considered for treatment of bacterial infections but they required a lot more understanding than what we did then (but do now). Unfortunately because they evolve so rapidly naturally, the FDA would treat each new strain of Phages as a new drug requiring an entire set of Phase - I-III trials. The FDA's regulatory regime is not prepared to compete with nature at the moment. Though its not a given that even with less regulation, antibiotics would work. Sometimes you actually need paradigm shifts.
43 posted on 06/16/2012 11:06:52 AM PDT by kroll
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