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A 25-year-old student has just come up with a way to fight drug-resistant superbugs without antibiotics.
The new approach has so far only been tested in the lab and on mice, but it could offer a potential solution to antibiotic resistance, which is now getting so bad that the United Nations recently declared it a “fundamental threat” to global health.
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria already kill around 700,000 people each year, but a recent study suggests that number could rise to around 10 million by 2050.
In addition to common hospital superbug, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), scientists are now also concerned that gonorrhoea is about tobecome resistant to all remaining drugs.
But Shu Lam, a 25-year-old PhD student at the University of Melbourne in Australia, has developed a star-shaped polymer that can kill six different superbug strains without antibiotics, simply by ripping apart their cell walls.
“We’ve discovered that [the polymers] actually target the bacteria and kill it in multiple ways,” Lam told Nicola Smith from The Telegraph. “One method is by physically disrupting or breaking apart the cell wall of the bacteria. This creates a lot of stress on the bacteria and causes it to start killing itself.”
The research has been published in Nature Microbiology, and according to Smith, it’s already being hailed by scientists in the field as “a breakthrough that could change the face of modern medicine”.
Before we get too carried away, it’s still very early days. So far, Lam has only tested her star-shaped polymers on six strains of drug-resistant bacteria in the lab, and on one superbug in live mice.
But in all experiments, they’ve been able to kill their targeted bacteria - and generation after generation don’t seem to develop resistance to the polymers.
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Holy hell- This writing makes me want to stop suggesting anonymously- OH WHOOPS NOW I HAVE TO HEHEHEHEHE but seriously, this is amazing- ❤️❤️❤️❤️🫂🫂🫂🫂😳😳😳😳🤭🤭🤭🎊🎊🥳
Gif By @batesmotel 💗
Fic idea by anon <3
Pairing! Norman Bates x M! Reader
Summary: Confessing your feelings to Norman!
Words - 351! CW: Fluff , Angst , mentions of smut , mdni!🔞
At the beginning of July you started to work in the Bate's hotel to be able to pay for rent as you were still living with your parents at 20 years old, you didn't mind as you were family orientated anyways and loved being around them but you wanted your own independence and freedom to live how you wanted to live and do what made you happy. So why not work full time and save up some money for yourself.
As months went by you started to see new people come and go, as you were sorting out the bed linen and plumping up the pillows Norman bate's walked in "Hey man, just wanted to know how you're getting on with things, I'm just in the other room if you need anything" looking in his eyes they sparkled making heat creep up your neck "Thank you Norman" as he walked away into another room a sigh left your lips "why must he be so attractive, there's no point in telling him how I feel about him, he wouldn't feel the same".
A few days later you decided to distant yourself from Norman which wasn't intentional, it's just you couldn't deal with how you felt about him he was your friend and he only saw you at that, there wasn't any signs he liked you in that way but you were really cleaver at hiding how you felt about him.
Ignoring eye contact with him was hard, he would walk up to you as you were sat down on the bed put his legs between yours and lift your chin up with 2 fingers "why are you ignoring me, don't you like me" a sigh left your lips "can we talk" as Norman sat down next to you the air grew thick with anxiety and awkwardness "I've got to say something, the reason why I don't look at you or try to ignore is that I like you, you mean a lot to me and I can't take this anymo-" Norman's hands fell on your face and lips were connected to yours.
"I like you too".
Thank you for reading, any feedback and reblogs would be appreciated!💗
My take on Grimsley is basically very smug, but he's not an asshole??? I hope I'm making sense here
learning animation and practicing layout while seeing my WoL/OC talk and move is my fav 2 birds 1 stone
i need to call this done and move on but maybe ill focus on something shorter next time 😂