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04-23-2006 #1Platinum Poster
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A new penicillin......................................
New penicillin found in wallaby milk
April 22, 2006
Scientists have discovered a bacteria-fighting compound 100 times more effective than penicillin - in wallaby milk.
Researchers found the highly-potent compound, tagged AGG01, was active against a wide variety of fungi and bacteria including antibiotic-resistant superbugs.
Research team leader Dr Ben Cocks said the discovery could have a profound impact on both human and animal health.
"This compound has the potential to be commercially synthesised and may prove vital in the war against increasingly resistant human and animal diseases," Dr Cocks said.
He said researchers from the Victorian government's Department of Primary Industries made the discovery while investigating the chemical properties of Tammar wallabies' breast milk to determine how their immune-deficient newborns
built up resistance to bacteria while in the pouch.
Using online biological information, they searched the wallaby's genome to identify more than 30 factors in the breast milk that contribute to fighting bugs.
Compound AGG01 was found to be effective against a relative of the hospital superbug MRSA, or golden staph, as well as ecoli, Streptococci, Salmonella, Bacillus subtilus, Pseudomonas spp, Proteus vulgaris, and Staphylococcus aureus.
© 2006 AAP
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04-23-2006 #2Platinum Poster
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That's good news, but I'm afraid that it might send the price of wallaby cheese through the roof...
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04-24-2006 #3Veteran Poster
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LOL!!!!
Originally Posted by chefmike
But what the fuck is a wallaby and can I own one as a pet??
I'd milk that Mutha Fuka everyday.
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04-24-2006 #4Platinum Poster
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ha, yall are fuckin terrible
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04-24-2006 #5Silver Poster
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LMAO.... Originally Posted by Chuck
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04-24-2006 #6Professional Poster
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Well....nice to know that wallabys are good for something aside from eating...
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04-24-2006 #7Rookie Poster
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lol, think Kangaroo but a little smaller. Might be pretty tough to milk, though... Originally Posted by Chuck
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