Scientists discover new ‘potential goldmine’ part of immune system | BBC News

Scientists have discovered a new part of the immune system which they say is a goldmine for potential antibiotics. They’ve…
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Scientists have discovered a new part of the immune system which they say is a goldmine for potential antibiotics.

They’ve shown a part of the body known to recycle proteins has a secret mode that can spew out an arsenal of bacteria-killing chemicals.

The researchers in Israel say it transforms our understanding of how we are protected against infection.

They added that it gives a new place to look for antibiotics to tackle the growing problem of superbugs that resist our current drugs.

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  1. I used a microscope to watch immune system. I found out people are already digging the mine there! Unfortunately all of them were attacked by the immune system.

  2. Leviticus 17:11

    For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life.

    The book of Leviticus was written between 1440 and 1400 BC. Life of the flesh is in the blood.

  3. Surely we will get to the same point in a few decades where the pathogen gain resistance to these after will kill off all the vulnerable ones. Especially considering it’s a human process, isn’t it more risky because it could affect our natural active immunity effectiveness.

  4. It’s always exciting when we learn something new about our biology! It means that people who would’ve died potentially in the past because we hit our limits of understanding are more likely to survive! Every step forward means we get to enjoy a quality and quantity of life that we may not have in the past!

  5. I find it difficult to believe in modern capitalism with science. Why go picking an evolutionary strategy apart? It may not be safe in terms of bacterial evolution overcoming our natural affinity for tolerating it.

  6. A gold mine – all it meand to them is:
    $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

  7. The so called journalists at the BBC like jews when they "stay in their lane" and discover stuff that will support their comfy, western eliteist lifestyles. Then they go right back to condemning them and lying about them for defending their homeland against genocidal terrorists.

  8. please dont 🤦🏼 nature is fractal and everytime we mess with its construction on the most basic level we get it wrong.

    also what is the bbc covering up? all my bbc results are stories from 2 weeks ago.👀 wheres the trump intelligence commitee hearing?

  9. Wouldn't it be dangerous to replicate our natural "goldmine" and use outside of the proteasome? The concentration of these chemicals is probably really high inside the proteasome, concentrations that would be dangerous outside the protective membrane of that organelle. If we imitate something natural and dilute it so that we can use it outside the organelle, wouldn't this be allowing resistance to form, like when you don't take the full course or dosage of an antibiotic? Wouldn't that disarm our body's natural defenses because now we have created bacteria and/or viruses that are resistant, not to our man made antibiotics, but the the defenses that our bodies make?! I might be missing something but this seems crazy dangerous!! I agree with all these "science is amazing" comments, but I'm concerned that scientists will not proceed with caution and humility… I see a whole different potential of how this might be exploited that is kind of terrifying!

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