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It might be time to start editing our (DNA) code to fight the bacteria. It seems like the only thing that will be fast enough to keep up with the mutations.

• Quanticles 10y ago
  Or make little robots to fight the bacteria
  • pboutros 10y ago
    I don't know why, but the image of really cute little robots popped into my head. I would fund that - for the cuteness alone.
  • mstromb 10y ago
    Our bodies already make little robots to fight bacteria
• searine 10y ago
  >It might be time to start editing our (DNA) code to fight the bacteria. This will just create the same selection pressure chemotheraputics did, except now you have the additional burden of fucking with your DNA (and probably risking cancer).
• coryrc 10y ago
  There already is a method, decades old: bacteriophages [1] in phage therapy [2]. Put them with bacteria that have resistance and they'll evolve along with them. It's cheap and will always be effective. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteriophage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteriophage [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phage_therapy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phage_therapy
  • Terr_ 10y ago
    Apparently we (and other animals) have evolved some mucus-strategies for capturing bacteriophages for our own use. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3696810/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3696810/