Our Newest Weapon Against MRSA?

http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2011/02/10/a_new_way_to_attack_pathogens.html

Scientist seem to be on their way to stops certain pathogens from causing as much damage as they normal do. They have succeed in stopping MRSA (a form of the flesh eating bacteria) in lab mice. MRSA is a antibiotic (or some of it's strains are) resistant. This is a new technique that they are hoping to develop could help fight these other wise incurable disease. MRSA is responsible for more deaths then AIDS every year and scientist and doctors are desperate to find a way to fight this "super bug" and they might have just found their answer. The RNA of the bacteria is what controls each strain and scientist have found away that renders it unable to reproduce new RNA. This molecule is called RNPA1000 and seems to stop MRSA.


I think that this is by far one of the most interesting things I've heard about in a long time. I have been interested in MRSA and other forms of the flesh eating bacteria for a few years now. I strongly support these scientist in their research. With bacteria like MRSA on the rise and virtually unstoppable it would be life saving to be able to stop it. I highly hope that their research proceeds to a point that they can test this new theory on humans. We maybe on our way to curing a super bug and possible other antibiotic resistant strains as well.


, Lauren (Ren) Stogner