Scientists may have developed a method that will allow some diseases to be treated without the need for antibiotics.
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which are highly likely to infect people, especially in the hospital environment, can cause serious problems in people with low immunity. Among these bacteria,staphylococcus aureus”, can cause vital diseases such as pneumonia and sepsis in human skin.
Fighting these bacteria with antibiotics is another threat to the future, as the bacteria’s resistance continues to increase. But the scientific world is against this problem. to develop a solution may have succeeded.
Some bacteria can be fought without the need for antibiotics:
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- Skin infection caused by Staphylococcus aureus.
Scientists from the University of Copenhagen artificially infect bacteria in a laboratory environment and produce enzymes that fight them.. The artificial version of the endolysin enzyme, normally produced by the bacteriophage in our body, has been used successfully against staphylococcus aureus.
The artificial enzyme, called XZ.700, succeeded in blocking its tumor-promoting effects. In this way, the bacteria was destroyed in the skin samples in the laboratory environment and the effect of the bacteria that could cause cancer was also eliminated.
The bacteria destroyed by the enzyme were not actually antibiotic-resistant bacteria. But the success achieved in this bacterium instilled great hope. Scientists use the enzyme in the next step. resistant to antibiotics It also aims to eradicate the methicillin-resistant staphylococcus (MRSA) aureus strain.
On the other hand, there are some missing points in success. Experiments and established conditions in the laboratory environment may not be sufficient to produce the same effect against infections and cancer in the real world environment. Therefore, to see the effect of the artificial endolysin enzyme, more research will be needed.
The scientists shared their research results in the Journol of Investigative Dermatology.
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