New piece of medicine research
I came across this piece of interesting news: Some researchers have found out that it's possible to treat Staphylococcus aureus with an anti-cholesterol medication.
Staphylococcus aureus is a very hard bacterium for the immune system to combat, to a large degree because its color pigmentation protects it. The researchers found that the treatment with the anti-cholesterol medication blocks the pigmentation of the bacteria, leaving it open for attacks from the body's immune system.
The research has been pre-released in Science, and the abstract can be found here. Unfortunately, the actual paper is behind a pay-wall.
Staphylococcus aureus is a very hard bacterium for the immune system to combat, to a large degree because its color pigmentation protects it. The researchers found that the treatment with the anti-cholesterol medication blocks the pigmentation of the bacteria, leaving it open for attacks from the body's immune system.
The research has been pre-released in Science, and the abstract can be found here. Unfortunately, the actual paper is behind a pay-wall.
posted by Kristjan Wager at 8:14 AM
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Thanks. Your blog looks pretty good as well. I'll include it in my next blog-roll update, which should happen any time soon....
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