You may have heard the term 'Superbug' in the media used to describe strains of bacteria that are resistant to ALL antibiotics. I don't need to explain why this is bad, very bad. It means going to back to when simple infections would kill you. Old people wouldn't stand a chance in a hospital. Young people could die from a number of simple infections like UTIs.
Western companies have made close to zero progress in developing new antibiotics in the last 40 years. This is because of two main issues: The inhibently expensive testing required and second the greed of companies, who would much rather treat made up psycological 'diseases'.
Luckily, the rest of the world doesn't give a shit about the decadent west. Chinese researchers have now found a possible revolutionary antibiotic in panda blood: Giant Panda blood offers possible superbug solution (Wired UK)
Not only will it kill resistant drugs, it will also do it in an hour, which is 6 times faster than normal.
Unless the western pharma assasinates/buys outs/corrupt this research, we may all live to be older than 50.
But I think this signifies more than pure coincidence. This is one of the increasing examples of China taking the role as the primary driving force in research.
I speculate that unless the west gets rid of all its parasites in politics and lobbies, China will be where new breakthrougs will be made. And we should be happy about it. It's good to know that even when the west has dropped the ball, there are still some people not giving a damn and making progress.
Western companies have made close to zero progress in developing new antibiotics in the last 40 years. This is because of two main issues: The inhibently expensive testing required and second the greed of companies, who would much rather treat made up psycological 'diseases'.
Luckily, the rest of the world doesn't give a shit about the decadent west. Chinese researchers have now found a possible revolutionary antibiotic in panda blood: Giant Panda blood offers possible superbug solution (Wired UK)
Not only will it kill resistant drugs, it will also do it in an hour, which is 6 times faster than normal.
Unless the western pharma assasinates/buys outs/corrupt this research, we may all live to be older than 50.
But I think this signifies more than pure coincidence. This is one of the increasing examples of China taking the role as the primary driving force in research.
I speculate that unless the west gets rid of all its parasites in politics and lobbies, China will be where new breakthrougs will be made. And we should be happy about it. It's good to know that even when the west has dropped the ball, there are still some people not giving a damn and making progress.
