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It was a good run, humanity: Bacteria breach last line of antibiotics
Posted on 11/20/15 at 1:31 pm
Posted on 11/20/15 at 1:31 pm
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A newly identified gene that renders bacteria resistant to polymyxin antibiotics—drugs often used as the last line of defense against infections—has the potential to be shared between different types of bacteria. The finding raises concern that the transferable gene could make its way into infectious bacteria that are already highly resistant to drugs, thereby creating strains of bacteria immune to every drug in doctors’ arsenal.
The gene, dubbed mcr-1, exists on a tiny, circular piece of DNA called a plasmid. These genetic elements, common among bacteria, are mobile; bacteria can make copies of them and share them with whatever bacteria happens to be nearby. Though scientists have previously discovered genes for polymyxin resistance, those genes were embedded in bacterial genomes, thus were not likely to easily spread.
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Posted on 11/20/15 at 1:32 pm to Jim Rockford
This would be very useful in Plague Inc. 
Posted on 11/20/15 at 1:32 pm to Jim Rockford
Nice knowing everyone
Posted on 11/20/15 at 1:32 pm to Jim Rockford
quote:
It was a good run, humanity
Was it though?
Posted on 11/20/15 at 1:35 pm to Jim Rockford
just in time, we need a good cull
Posted on 11/20/15 at 1:38 pm to Jim Rockford
Honestly, is humanity worth saving anyway? Sure, we want to live as individuals and family units, but just pull up a news feed.. Do you see that shite ever getting any better? Is this somewhere you honestly want to bring children into? The bacteria know what's up. We're just going to overstimulate ourselves into an even more self-centered, unnatural, dysfunctional state.
Posted on 11/20/15 at 1:42 pm to Jim Rockford
They say it's already starting to happ
Posted on 11/20/15 at 1:45 pm to Jim Rockford
germlivesmatter, bitchez...
Posted on 11/20/15 at 1:47 pm to Jim Rockford
Well good thing DirtyMikeadntheBoys has already transcended and I now exist solely in cyberspace. No bacterias getting me here/
This post was edited on 11/20/15 at 1:48 pm
Posted on 11/20/15 at 1:50 pm to Jim Rockford
Posted on 11/20/15 at 1:52 pm to Jim Rockford
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Lab tests showed that the plasmid could easily move between E. coli strains, transforming polymyxin-sensitive strains into polymyxin-resistant ones. But, the plasmid had a harder time moving between different bacterial species. The researchers had to coax the plasmid into other species by zapping bacterial cells with an electrical pulse to make their membranes more permeable
This is the good news. It can move between strains of E. coli, but they had to artificially induce it to share the gene with different strains of bacteria.
This post was edited on 11/20/15 at 1:53 pm
Posted on 11/20/15 at 3:17 pm to Jim Rockford
Damn nature
Posted on 11/20/15 at 4:20 pm to Jim Rockford
Eh, I'm not scared
Posted on 11/20/15 at 4:28 pm to Jim Rockford
Looks like, they're selling fear, and you are buying it.
I'm not...
I'm not...
Posted on 11/20/15 at 5:04 pm to Jim Rockford
Time to hit the reset button. 
Posted on 11/20/15 at 5:28 pm to Jim Rockford
Bacteria will win eventually
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