U.S. Scientists Discover Natural Agent That Kills Bacteria in Food

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/08/14/us-scientists-discover-natural-agent-that-kills-bacteria-in ^ | 8-14-2011 | Newscore

[sheikdetailfeather]

MINNEAPOLIS – U.S. scientists discovered a naturally-occurring agent that destroys the bacteria that cause meat, fish, eggs and dairy products to rot.

Researchers at the University of Minnesota reported the discovery of bisin -- a naturally-occurring compound produced by some types of bacteria.

The agent reduces the growth of bacteria including E. coli, salmonella and listeria and could lead to sandwiches that stay fresh for more than a year, The (London) Sunday Times reported

[tarpit]

Let me know if you license the technology from them.

[bronxville]

Can we say buh-bye to the FDA inspectors yet? Next up - a form of “bisin” to get rid of carbon...

[Average Al]

Does this mean I can really send the stuff I don’t eat on my plate to some poor kid in Africa now? ;-)

[JimRed]

Look out for the unintended consequences.

[Redcloak]

Nice, natural gamma rays work well too.

[Titus-Maximus]

But think of the military application, or bringing food to disaster areas that normally rots on piers.

Could be a huge breakthrough.

[Publius6961]

The agent reduces the growth of bacteria including E. coli, salmonella and listeria and could lead to sandwiches that stay fresh for more than a year, The (London) Sunday Times reported

"Reduces?"
Just how much E. Coli, Salmonella and Listeria is harmless?

As for keeping sandwiches edible for a year, let's not give Mexican restaurants and "roach coaches" any ideas...

[Publius6961]

gama rays will do that rather nicely....

Thanks for the reminder.
Amazingly, in a country where "choice" and "lifestyle" are sacred, I do not enjoy the choice of buying irradiated food.

Go figure.

[decimon]

Thanks.

This seems to be the same as this: U of Minnesota researchers discover a natural food preservative that kills food-borne bacteria

[Right Wing Assault]

...it does not need to be pharmaceutically tested and could be on the market within a year

At which time they will discover that it kills 10% of people who eat it.

[slowhandluke]

Cytokine Storm in a Phase 1 Trial of the Anti-CD28 Monoclonal Antibody TGN1412

I've read about over-confident biologists before. Maybe that's why I didn't catch the humor. The biologists running the trial above thought the drug in question was aimable, up until it killed and mained some of the participants in the first human trial.

[AdmSmith]

Several lantibiotics are discovered. Search for it here http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/gquery

The domain www.lantibiotics.com was registered 2006 and one lantibiotics http://www.profoodinternational.com/nisin-profood.html was on the market already in the 60s.

[AdmSmith]

So far 53 are listed here http://bactibase.pfba-lab-tun.org/bacteriocinslist.php?x_Class=lantibiotic