The end of resistance to bacteria

• May 2, 2024

If an antibody adheres to the molecule Alpha gal epitope, our immune system considers it instantly as "food". This is an immune response to this type of molecule in specific. So the winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry Kary Mullis, wondered if it would be possible to attach that molecule to a type of bacteria that is harmful to an individual and generate an immediate immune response.

When an infection invades our body, the immune system is responsible for attacking the threat, however, it takes a while to identify it and provide the body with specific cells that are dedicated to "eat" and destroy the problem, especially if it is something new and unknown. Meanwhile, the invader replicates.

The eccentric scientist tells us in less than 5 minutes about how he is currently conducting experiments where a bacterium is identified and its weakness.

Using an automated process to find a segment of DNA that adheres to the protein, Mullis adds it to the molecule the immune system plans to attack.

It injects and instantly adheres to all localized bacteria that the immune system will destroy immediately.

This discovery has the potential to solve the problem to the resistance that the human body currently presents towards antibiotics.