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Tuesday, November 26, 2013
John Aziz — Why the post-antibiotic world is the real-life version of the zombie apocalypse
The perverse economics of the antibiotics industry means the human race could be in trouble.
Most bacterial infections (>90%) are actually bacterial biofilm infections. Bacteria protect themselves from threats, including the body's immune system by forming biofilms. To form biofilms, it takes a little bit of time. That is the time which the immune sytem has to inactivate the bacteria - else it becomes much harder to get rid of them. This is also the reason for the very strong immune system response to infection (often causing a lot of collateral damage.) Bacteria in biofilms are much more protected against antibiotics than they are in a planktonic state) This is the main reason for the long antibiotic courses that are given to get rid of bacterial infections.
A very innovative way to combat biofilms has been developed by Livionex. They are in fact marketing a daily use toothpaste for combating the most common biofilm in the body - dental plaque. Their studies show remarkable reduction in dental plaque - almost Star Trek (TM) like - "Where no toothpaste has gone before!"
Most bacterial infections (>90%) are actually bacterial biofilm infections. Bacteria protect themselves from threats, including the body's immune system by forming biofilms. To form biofilms, it takes a little bit of time. That is the time which the immune sytem has to inactivate the bacteria - else it becomes much harder to get rid of them. This is also the reason for the very strong immune system response to infection (often causing a lot of collateral damage.) Bacteria in biofilms are much more protected against antibiotics than they are in a planktonic state) This is the main reason for the long antibiotic courses that are given to get rid of bacterial infections.
ReplyDeleteA very innovative way to combat biofilms has been developed by Livionex. They are in fact marketing a daily use toothpaste for combating the most common biofilm in the body - dental plaque. Their studies show remarkable reduction in dental plaque - almost Star Trek (TM) like - "Where no toothpaste has gone before!"
I've been using Livionex for some time and have written a testimonial posted at their site reporting some nice feedback from my dentist.
ReplyDeleteHere is a link to the Mechanism of Action
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ReplyDeleteSorry the MoA leads to a password protected area. However, you can see a discussion of the MoA here at Linked In- How many have tried Livionex Gel? I am interested in feedback.
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