The problem of antibiotic resistance will be under control
Antibiotic resistance has become one of the biggest health challenges facing the world today. By consuming antibiotics without any reason, their effect is reducing in the body and they are not being effective on bacteria, but to deal with this challenge, American scientists have developed a new technology. This technology can prove to be a game-changer in fighting antibiotic resistance. Researchers from America’s New England BioLabs (NEB) and Yale University have developed it.
Through this, bacteriophages can be created and reprogrammed synthetically. The biggest feature of this new technology is that now the virus that kills bacteria can be designed on the computer through digital DNA data and then prepared in the lab. This virus can destroy those bacteria on which many types of medicines have stopped being effective.
Before this, scientists had to find viruses present in the environment, this took a lot of time. It could take months to years. But it will take only a few hours to make bacteriophage synthetically.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria prepared
Using this technology, scientists have prepared a virus against the bacteria named Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This is the same bacteria that causes many diseases. Many types of antibiotics have no effect on this bacteria. In such a situation, a virus has been prepared to eliminate it, which is quite effective. The special thing is that this entire process was done outside any living cell, due to which the risk of any kind of side effect has been reduced.
According to Andy Sikkema, research scientist at NEB and co-first author of this study, this synthetic method is an excellent way to make viruses that fight against bacteria. in the coming time antibiotic resistance The growing concern can be reduced.
Antibiotic resistance is a big problem in India too
Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had warned people against the misuse of antibiotics in the Mann Ki Baat program. He said that taking medicine without doctor’s advice or not completing the full course is increasing the risk of antibiotic resistance. Dr. Ajit Kumar, Additional Professor, Department of Medicine, GTB Hospital, Delhi, says that misuse of antibiotics is becoming a major reason for non-treatment. In such a situation, the discovery made in America can prove to be very effective for this problem, although it remains to be seen how effective the synthetic virus is against how many types of bacteria.