modern v. medieval science

[Malcolm]

Medieval wins. Every variation on penicillin loses out to garlic + cow stomach bile prepared correctly.



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[Leisher]

That's funny.

[Malcolm]

Not exactly the proper topic, but sort of on target. Chem found that can crack even the most resistant of bacteria.

Researchers from the University of Tubingen in Germany have discovered that a nose-dwelling bacteria, Staphylococcus lugdunensis, produces a chemical called lugdunin. The chemical is "bactericidal against major pathogens," and -- crucially -- not prone to developing a resistance in the bugs that it kills.

[Malcolm]

Nature v. MRSA. Nature wins.

One of the synthetic peptides - Saha-CATH5 - appeared to be particularly effective at killing the superbug methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA.

That's a peptide derived from the milk of a tasmanian devil.

[Alhazad]

Nature v. MRSA. Nature wins.

One of the synthetic peptides - Saha-CATH5 - appeared to be particularly effective at killing the superbug methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA.

That's a peptide derived from the milk of a tasmanian devil.

Which are going extinct due to contagious cancer. Superbugs win.

[Malcolm]

Yeah, I sort of neglected that to mention that. It's only reduced the population by 50%.