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Surprise, humans have anti-cholera mucus! - Maxmars - 06-09-2024
Imagine the story, were it to have been reported during the COVID 'event.'
Human mucus has anti-cholera molecules... MIT stated that.
The nerve of these mad scientists... "natural immunity?"... (Oh sorry, I was just wondering what Big Pharma and their media puppets would have said!)
From ScienceBlog: Mucus Molecules Could Prevent Cholera Infection
These protective molecules, known as glycans, are a major constituent of mucins, the gel-forming polymers that make up mucus. The MIT team identified a specific type of glycan that can prevent Vibrio cholerae from producing the toxin that usually leads to severe diarrhea.
If these glycans could be delivered to the site of infection, they could help strengthen the mucus barrier and prevent cholera symptoms, which affect up to 4 million people per year. Because glycans disarm bacteria without killing them, they could be an attractive alternative to antibiotics, the researchers say.
“Unlike antibiotics, where you can evolve resistance pretty quickly, these glycans don’t actually kill the bacteria. They just seem to shut off gene expression of its virulence toxins, so it’s another way that one could try to treat these infections,” says Benjamin Wang PhD ’21, one of the lead authors of the study.
At least there's that.
Now, bring on Big Pharma think-tank marketing... I know it's coming.
((Sorry, I posted before I intended))
The title of the source article Is a bit misleading. Simply eliminating the Cholera toxin isn't eliminating the infection... but it would nearly completely eliminate the horrible symptoms that can actually kill people (diarrhea), especially if they are already compromised.
The researcher is hoping to couple a synthetic glycan/antibiotic treatment.
RE: Surprise, humans have anti-cholera mucus! - l0st - 06-10-2024
This sounds promising. I wonder if they will be able to develop any other new treatments with this discovery that affect other bacteria?
