LUGDUNIN

[Nouska]

A saviour in snot - well, I never!

A new antibiotic was right under our noses — or rather, in them. Produced by a bacterium living in the human nose, the molecule kills the potentially deadly methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in mice and rats.

Staphylococcus aureus resides in the noses of 1 in 3 people without causing a problem. MRSA — an S. aureus strain resistant to many antibiotics — is found in 2 in 100. In a small percentage of cases, the bacterium escapes to the bloodstream, causing infection. MRSA kills 11,000 people annually in the United States alone.

The potential new soldier in the fight against MRSA is a molecule called lugdunin produced by the bacterium Staphylococcus lugdunensis, report Andreas Peschel and colleagues at the University of Tübingen, Germany, on 27 July in Nature.

http://www.nature.com/news/the-nose-knows-how-to-kill-mrsa-1.20339

[Nick L]

This is fantastic news. Look what can happen when you fund science!

[Midlands Ice Age]

6 hours ago, Nick L said:

This is fantastic news. Look what can happen when you fund science!

LOL...

Are you sure you don't mean snuff?

[knocker]

7 hours ago, Nouska said:

A saviour in snot - well, I never!

A new antibiotic was right under our noses — or rather, in them. Produced by a bacterium living in the human nose, the molecule kills the potentially deadly methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in mice and rats.

Staphylococcus aureus resides in the noses of 1 in 3 people without causing a problem. MRSA — an S. aureus strain resistant to many antibiotics — is found in 2 in 100. In a small percentage of cases, the bacterium escapes to the bloodstream, causing infection. MRSA kills 11,000 people annually in the United States alone.

The potential new soldier in the fight against MRSA is a molecule called lugdunin produced by the bacterium Staphylococcus lugdunensis, report Andreas Peschel and colleagues at the University of Tübingen, Germany, on 27 July in Nature.

http://www.nature.com/news/the-nose-knows-how-to-kill-mrsa-1.20339

Yes I heard one of researchers talking about this on R4 early this morning. Interesting stuff.

[Methuselah]

It's just like yer mother told you - eat yer greens!