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Asked by Sweet Rebecca to Chris, Phil, Rosie, Tom, wajiha on 20 Jun 2017.
Question: how do we beat bacteria
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Philip Donkersley answered on 20 Jun 2017:
Beating bacteria isnt how we are looking to deal with diseases now, there are so many species of bacteria in the world, and they are all competing with each other. We want to be able to keep bacteria that cause diseases at low numbers, but without knocking out all the good friendly bacteria that are keeping us safe 🙂
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Kevin commented on :
we are born with good bacteria in our guts – when we take things like antibiotics for infections, this can cause an issue with our good gut bacteria (resulting in diarrhoea). So, it is about getting the balance right. Indeed, for some baD BACTERIA
Kevin commented on :
, WE CAN USE good bacteria to kill them – unbelievably this can come from a sibling and is called a naso-gastric faecal transplant. you should google this!
johno2007 commented on :
good quistion