A research team composed of scientists from the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and IBM Research has produced a new synthetic molecule that can target and kill five multidrug-resistant bacteria. This synthetic polymer was found to be non-toxic and could enable entirely new classes of therapeutics to address the growing problem of antibiotic-resistant superbugs. The synthetic molecules are called guanidinium-functionalized polycarbonates and were found to be both biodegradable and non-toxic to human cells. Essentially, the positively-charged synthetic polymer enters a living body and binds specifically to certain bacteria cells by homing in on a microbial membrane's related negative charge. Once attached to the bacteria, the polymer crosses the cell membrane and triggers the solidification of proteins and DNA in the cell, killing the bacteria. "We have demonstrated the first example of a biodegradable synthetic macromolecule with broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity in mice, unique killing mechanism and no toxicity," says Yi Yan Yang, one of the authors on the study. "Once the polymer finishes its job of killing the bacteria, it will be naturally degraded after three days and will not remain in the body. This antimicrobial agent shows great promise for the treatment and prevention of multidrug-resistant systemic infections."
Are Am Eye wrote: » More books have been written about Napoleon Bonaparte than have days passed since his death(5/5/1821) Only JC has had more books written about him. Shakespeare is in the shakeup there somewhere. .
david75 wrote: » Isn’t there an island In the South Pacific called New Ireland?
mzungu wrote: » Stalin was the father of Photoshop. ... I should add, the Soviets were not the only ones, the Germans, Red China and even Churchill did a spot of photoshopping too!
The Legend of the Party Photographer Newspaper editors and Party officials fret over a photograph of Ceaușescu and the visiting Giscard d'Estaing to be published in tomorrow's paper. Much argument is had over how best to doctor the photograph to make Ceaușescu appear taller than d'Estaing, and whether he should be wearing a hat. Pressure is mounting as the deadline to get the paper out to the workers approaches. A hat is duly provided for Ceaușescu in the photograph, but no one notices until too late that he was already carrying one, leaving the image of him comically carrying one hat while wearing another. ...
New Home wrote: » I wonder if they have moles and snakes in there.
mzungu wrote: » Stalin was the father of Photoshop. Soviet censors retouched old photographs, sometimes it was to edit out members and opponents that had fallen foul of the purges, and on other occasions for more mundane purpose of propaganda. Above, Chairman of the Central Commission for Party Control Nikolai Yezhov has been edited out of reissues. Interestingly, he was purged in 1940 after being blamed for the excesses of the purges. He had written a paper in 1935 arguing that political opposition leads to violence (and thus provided ideological basis for purging) and under his watch the purges went out of control with just under half of the political and military establishment falling foul of it. All purged! It may look a bit shoddy to us now, but that would have taken some serious hours to get right. I should add, the Soviets were not the only ones, the Germans, Red China and even Churchill did a spot of photoshopping too!
Capt'n Midnight wrote: » Lidl had a FLORABEST Solar-Powered Mole Repeller on sale here not so long ago. The absence of sunlight here wasn't even the biggest problem :rolleyes:
sightband wrote: » I call serious bollocks on this
New Home wrote: » It also works for dinosaurs and harpies, it would seem.
Capt'n Midnight wrote: » Reminds me of a Romanian film of urban legends from communism.
unkel wrote: » Make Ceaușescu look taller, LOL! Ceaușescu was 5'5, Giscard d'Estaing is 6"2 The latter was actually born in Germany in an area occupied by France during the interbellum and he is still alive (age 92). He's fluent in German, which must have played a big role in the forming / growing in power of the EU
Fourier wrote: » Why? It's well documented.
Realt Dearg Sec wrote: » Well that settles it then.
sightband wrote: » Two cracking responses which say otherwise.
Realt Dearg Sec wrote: » The fact that you responded to a post that discusses a subject that is widely known about and verified repeatedly in historical scholarship just makes you look a bit foolish. Your sarcasm in this post doesn't change that.
sightband wrote: » Pass it on so, genuinely curious as an avid historian.
Fourier wrote: » Okay so I knew nothing about this, but literally only a few minutes googling revealed five academic texts discussing it and the current location housing the photographs, the Newseum in Washington D.C. Probably the most direct account from my searching:https://www.amazon.com/Commissar-Vanishes-Falsification-Photographs-Stalins/dp/1849762511
