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Cockroaches, Alligators & Other Weird Sources of New Drugs
- Published_at:2014-11-21
- Category:Education
- Channel:SciShow
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- description: Some of humanity’s favorite antibiotics are starting to lose their mojo, in the face of smart, sneaky, and rapidly-evolving bacteria. To find new drugs to combat these superbugs, scientists are looking in some weird new places, like cockroaches’ brains, the blood of alligators, and more. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow Or help support us by subscribing to our page on Subbable: https://subbable.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Thanks Tank Tumblr: http://thankstank.tumblr.com Sources: http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/cellular-microscopic/10-weirdest-sources-antibiotics.htm http://news.stanford.edu/pr/01/khosla37.html http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140710141351.htm http://biomimicryinstitute.org/case-studies/case-studies/red-seaweed-inspired-antibiotics.html http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/33818/title/Is-Frog-Skin-a-Red-Herring-/ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/09/100909-cockroach-brains-mrsa-ecoli-antibiotics-science-health/ http://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/the-healing-power-of-cockroaches.aspx http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-09/cockroaches-could-hold-key-next-gen-antibiotics-destroy-drug-resistant-infections http://www.voanews.com/content/germ-ridden-roaches-could-lead-to-new-antibiotics/1579985.html http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100906202901.htm http://www.wired.com/2010/09/cockroach-brains/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4001588/ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/04/080407-alligator-blood.html http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/103400.php http://www.nature.com/nri/journal/v8/n5/full/nri2333.html http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080407074556.htm http://www.neatorama.com/2013/02/16/Alligator-Blood-May-Lead-to-Powerful-New-Antibiotics/ http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/managed/alligator/facts/ http://myuhcare.uhhospitals.org/health-and-wellness/health-articles/2014-08-14-powerful-new-antibiotics-from-alligator-blood.html http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/sfl-cgatorscience14xaug14-story.html#page=1 http://mcdermott.opt.uh.edu/research2.html http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120411205423.htm http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-19150324 http://www.bbc.com/news/health-19520629 http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/33642/title/Old-Ocean-Mold/ http://www.nature.com/news/ancient-fungi-found-in-deep-sea-mud-1.12004 http://www.researchgate.net/publication/259256720_Impact_of_antibiotic_residues_present_in_Baltic_Sea_sediments_on_the_growth_of_sedimentary_bacteria http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/256416.php http://www.nature.com/ja/journal/v67/n10/full/ja201460a.html http://scitechdaily.com/ancient-fungi-discovered-deep-in-ocean-floor-could-yield-new-antibiotics/
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