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Re: #1 I think you missed the caption on the black and green picture: > This image shows how the Lyme bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi, form protective round bo
by fludlight 7y ago
Re: #1
I think you missed the caption on the black and green picture:
> This image shows how the Lyme bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi, form protective round body "persisters" when threatened by defensive immune system biochemicals in blood serum.
Re: #2
You don't need approvals to test in mice.
Re: #3
Antibiotics kill/greatly-diminish gut flora. Azlocillin is an antibiotic related to penicillin.
The other promising drug mentioned, disulfiram, is nothing to be trifled with, either:
https://www.drugs.com/mtm/disulfiram.html https://www.drugs.com/mtm/disulfiram.html
https://www.drugs.com/sfx/disulfiram-side-effects.html https://www.drugs.com/sfx/disulfiram-side-effects.html