Posted on 08/18/2016 10:20:21 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
Scientists have discovered a new way to attack Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. The team, from Imperial College London, have revealed how the bacteria regulates its salt levels.
The bacteria are a common source of food poisoning and are resistant to heat and high salt concentrations, which are used for food preparation and storage. The team hope to use this knowledge to develop a treatment that prevents food poisoning by ensuring all bacteria in food are killed.
They are also investigating whether these findings could aid the development of a treatment for patients that would work alongside conventional antibiotics.
Staphylococcus aureus bacterium live naturally on skin or in the nose of one in four people. However, if the bugs get inside the body they can cause serious infection, blood poisoning and even death. A 'superbug' form of the bacteria, called MRSA, has also developed resistance to the antibiotic methicillin. Staphylococcus aureus can also trigger food poisoning, commonly through contaminated meat products such as ham, as well as sandwiches, salads and dairy products.
In a new study, the Imperial team have discovered how Staphylococcus aureus regulates its salt intake. Disrupting this mechanism means the bacteria either absorb too much salt from their environment, or lose too much water - causing them to dehydrate and die.
(Excerpt) Read more at medicalxpress.com ...
In the new study, published in the journal Science Signaling, the team looked at MRSA cells in the lab and found that a signalling molecule called cyclic di-AMP is critical for the process through which the bacteria regulate their salt levels.
Staphylococcus aureus are notoriously resistant to high-salt concentrations, although up until now scientists have been unclear why. In the current study the team revealed that when the signalling molecule detects the bacterium is in a high-salt environment, the molecule latches onto several 'transporter' proteins to signal to them to respond and protect the cell.
High salt concentrations act to pull water out of a cell - which is why we feel thirsty after eating salty foods.
Scientists find a salty way to kill MRSA
Interesting article and concept.
Chicks and wrestlers know all about cells becoming either hydrophilic or hydrophobic due to salt content. It is the key to bloating at the cellular level.
Turns out forcing water is about as efficacious as Midol, which BTW no longer contains a muscle relaxant and thus is worthless. It’s just Ibuprofin now.
PS: Colloidal silver kills MRSA and always has, and MRSA will never become immune to it. Everybody should have some in their medical arsenal.
Ozone kills MRSA. Ozonated oil works wonders.
Why don’t hospitals fight MRSA with Colloidal silver ?
Because scientists have now figured out a way to demand they take their sick leave on a nice ocean beach and reap the benefits of the salty water.
>>fight MRSA with Colloidal silver<<
Where’s the profit in that? Are you trying to cure people? The AMA sure isn’t.
Tell me more about this. I've been interested in using Silver to treat bacterial infection. How is Colloidal Silver administered?, what is it's level of toxicity to the Human body?, what side effects might it produce? and so on.
The media will take this and run with a headline “Scientists determine that salt is a killer!”
From last year, here’s the medieval remedy to MRSA. Of course, it costs so much less than the new treatment, so it’ll never show up as an option in your doctor’s regimen.
True ! LMAO !
However , MRSA is and has been a major concern for infection and complications , especially following surgery within the hospital environment .
Some people think Colloidal Silver (CS) will turn you blue. That is not correct. It is the impurities in the water that do that.
Use distilled or better water, and .9999 (that’s four nines) pure silver. Silver readily binds with chlorine to form silver chloride - that is the thing that turns people blue, but those people take incredibly high doses.
Silver has always killed just about all bacteria and viruses.
Even up until recently the drops they put in the eyes of newborns to kill bacteria was silver.
If you drink a lot it upsets the bacteria in your stomach, as it kills both the good and bad bacteria.
Applied to skin there is no overdose possible, IMO.
There are lots of sites on this topic. Some just want your money. Do not give them your money. Ask me. Building a CS generator is easy. I use a large glass my wife got in New Orleans for mai tais!
Many posit that the reason is there is no profit for pharmaceutical companies.
You can't patent silver.
But...Johnson and Johnson came out with silver-infused bandages a year or two ago for burn victims, as burn victims are very susceptible to infection.
Babylonians used onion for eye treatments 3000 years ago.
I have an old 150 year old book that says to clear out your nose you sniff SALT water.
Strange how nano silver use is .....http://www.audioenglish.org/dictionary/occluded.htm
Supposedly, if the silver is grouped about 20 molecules or bigger, it loses it’s efficacy. If there are clumps like that it precipitates out.
The goal is a suspension, wherein the electrical charge of the molecules holds it in suspension.
It’s easy to tell if there are molecules in suspension, using a laser pointer.
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