Phages: nature's ninjas in the battle against superbugs | Heather Hendrickson | TEDxTauranga

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  • @dulynoted2427
    @dulynoted2427 Před 6 lety +46

    Every year we hear scientists are telling us they are losing the fight making the next antibiotics and we are dangerously close to a super bug.
    It’s sad this isn’t forefront in the news and talked about in the mainstream discussions.

    • @dohnjoe9324
      @dohnjoe9324 Před 6 lety +4

      Pharma can't make money on it, so it will never be used.

    • @yolandawilson9852
      @yolandawilson9852 Před 4 lety +1

      @GTA and Apple channel yup they use it in the country of Georgia as well and from the last time I looked they had 0 deaths from the Coronavirus. They were using phages in the 30's until penicillin became popular to use.

    • @jonlvender3261
      @jonlvender3261 Před 4 lety

      Magnibus They only did that because of extremely drastic measures. And only then it had to be suggested, the FDA was never going to step in without a cry for help.

    • @bobleclair5665
      @bobleclair5665 Před 3 lety

      We need to stay healthy and close to nature and stop feeding the bacteria and viruses ,, viruses were here before us and will be here when we’re gone

  • @melaniemiranda4390
    @melaniemiranda4390 Před 6 lety +29

    Why doesn't this have 10 M views? Why is the general public not aware of the effects of antibiotics?? Why is the pharmaceutical industry so hard headed in investing in alternative treatments???? Ppl need to get woke smh. Mom's don't wanna give kids vaccines, doctors hand out antibiotics like candy.. CMON NOW

    • @zelenplav1701
      @zelenplav1701 Před 6 lety +5

      Melanie Miranda. The pharmaceutical industry's research to make more meds are paid for by the tax payers and the research done by universities, which they steal and patent, for their huge markups, gauging the public and brainwashing them into their eay of thinking. YOU ARE SICK AND WE CAN SAVE YOU. THEY DO NOT CURE ANY THING. BRAINWASHIMG US. BS industry. Before antibiotics people used maggots to clean their wounds.

    • @saimahirani3836
      @saimahirani3836 Před 4 lety

      @@zelenplav1701 Antibiotics have been prescribed for viruses. Medicines called antivirals do that. The process for antibiotics is much kinder. The tax payers pay and the universities do research, then the universities pass the info on to the pharmacies. Then the antibiotics saved lives. Last, they got immune.

  • @tomashatada9320
    @tomashatada9320 Před 5 lety +23

    Georgia has been using phages for 80 years and they have the biggest phage collection in the world. In the Western we chose to promote antibiotics instead. Not saying it was the wrong decision but it was based on the assumption that we wouldn't need anything else. Now that the battleground is turning in favor of the bacteria, we have to change this mindset very rapidly.

    • @arjunpadiyar956
      @arjunpadiyar956 Před 4 lety +2

      Update: The US Navy has been doing a bit of phage hunting and now has a quite powerful arsenal of phages at their disposal. If the US government officially gets behind this idea, hopefully that can push the pharmaceutical industry out of the way of development.

  • @taylorlaster714
    @taylorlaster714 Před rokem +3

    Soo... My husband was recently diagnosed with CLL leukemia... We are currently homeless, uninsured... He is terrified of dying ultimately from painful infections... I'm spending all day and night researching anything that might give him more time. These phages give me hope even though we'd have to move mountains to travel out of the USA to get treatment. If anyone has information that would be helpful to my situation, please, I need all the help I can get...

  • @gronklevlonkle1717
    @gronklevlonkle1717 Před 6 lety +16

    And also, even if the bacteria get a resistance to the phage, they have to give up their antibiotic resistance

    • @AceDeclan
      @AceDeclan Před 4 lety +2

      Gronkle Vlonkle phages evolve with the bacteria so it’s doubtful.

    • @aspopulvera9130
      @aspopulvera9130 Před 4 lety +2

      there is a biological arms race between bacteria and the phages so i doubt bacteria would get a resistance

  • @DanielRamBeats
    @DanielRamBeats Před 6 lety +3

    incredible talk, all information was really well conveyed!

  • @mahtvabhushan5793
    @mahtvabhushan5793 Před 3 lety +2

    Great Explanation!! just 11 years old but I too want to contribute in this field

  • @sasha29622
    @sasha29622 Před 7 lety +9

    what an excellent talk! go phage!

  • @monikafelegyhazi529
    @monikafelegyhazi529 Před 2 lety +1

    Do you have phage against bacteroides fragilis, biofilm infection ?

  • @shahbazmuhammad9026
    @shahbazmuhammad9026 Před rokem

    Thank you for sharing this way of fighting.

  • @CurtisHoffmann
    @CurtisHoffmann Před 7 lety +13

    Incredible! I hope to become a phage hunter.

    • @cartoonphilosopher2577
      @cartoonphilosopher2577 Před 7 lety +1

      This woman is an atheist monster.

    • @CurtisHoffmann
      @CurtisHoffmann Před 7 lety +4

      Why is that relevant? Let's not use assuming words to describe people.

    • @DaBadger354
      @DaBadger354 Před 7 lety +1

      Oh yeah evolution is a hoax, lol just like climate change

    • @zhg4485
      @zhg4485 Před 6 lety +1

      Yses science isfaake and the Earth is flaet lol

    • @jonlvender3261
      @jonlvender3261 Před 4 lety

      sdk flaet

  • @ip3931
    @ip3931 Před 2 lety +3

    I wish there was a cure for Prurigo Nodularis which I believe is a bacterial infection rather than just a self afflicted dry skin condition that the lazy dermatologist claim it to be. I hate being chronically ill!

  • @davemakesnoises
    @davemakesnoises Před 6 lety +3

    Amazing. But the phase issues with the sound on this video are absolutely dreadful.

  • @santircastillo
    @santircastillo Před 6 lety +1

    Really interesting!

  • @AdamS-lo9mr
    @AdamS-lo9mr Před 6 lety +27

    If you put it on 1.25 speed she talks like a normal person

    • @RajPatel-rb7rp
      @RajPatel-rb7rp Před 6 lety +1

      omg, it work and saved me few secs

    • @kori228
      @kori228 Před 2 lety

      not the slowest talker I've seen

  • @DanielRamBeats
    @DanielRamBeats Před 6 lety +1

    her shoes are so cool. Great talk too haha

  • @NMW80
    @NMW80 Před 7 lety +2

    where can we get these phages cos im sick as hell.what sorts of phages do I need,my nephew also has cystic fibrosis does that mean he has pseudomonas?

  • @paws4mercy643
    @paws4mercy643 Před 11 dny

    So my poir brither is on the verge of losing his entire foot to an antibacterial infection hes been treated with a vvariety of innefective antibiotics consistantly for over an entire year with no success And we have asked his Drs about Phage therapy and they look at him like hes speaking MARTIAN . We are in Santa Cruz ,CA and know UCSD has a phage bank but NO ONE WILL EVEN LOOK INTO IT can you please tell us who we could contact to see of theres a study or anything that Phage therapy coyld do and how to get access to it vefore he loses his foot

  • @GeneticsLessons
    @GeneticsLessons Před 5 lety +4

    Bacteriophages now available on Amazon - look for bacteriophagum-staphylococcum.

    • @tiredtears4177
      @tiredtears4177 Před 5 lety

      This is amazing

    • @GeneticsLessons
      @GeneticsLessons Před 5 lety +2

      @@tiredtears4177 11 types are available - and one for teeth whitening - I'm using it and it has amazing effect.

  • @redraven117
    @redraven117 Před 6 lety +1

    So you have to find the rite phage for the rite bug?

    • @AtomiskZabaleta
      @AtomiskZabaleta Před 6 lety +4

      bacteria phages will become like our double-edge sword against a nearly indefatigable foe. We will need to find the right ones. There is a low chance of them mutating to go against us, though there is a chance bacteria can evolve a way to right them. Do you know that we store the dna of every virus we tend to come up with to produce specialized white cells which more effectively deal with the virus, and keep those in reserve to release only when we encounter that virus? Imagine if the mechanisms in humans were genetically re-structured so that instead of using the slightly effective white blood cell, humans themselves produced bacteria phages which actively combated other bacteria. It's something to think about, if we had active defenses aganist these things, it could be like an umbrella around your body which responds to specific viruses, infects them, and only uses that type of cell to reproduce... (it would never turn on your own cells, hopefully)

    • @AtomiskZabaleta
      @AtomiskZabaleta Před 6 lety

      Genetic engineers could also theoretically devise a bug bomb. Imagine a small capsule which breaks down only in the event of a certain pathogen entering your system. This would activate the phage seeds inside the capsule, allowing them to spread, locate the virus, and take it out. this bacteria phage might starve after taking out the pathogen, so there's no danger for overgrowth.

    • @jonlvender3261
      @jonlvender3261 Před 4 lety +1

      Rosita Actually, phages evolve to kill bacteria that evolved to defend against phages. It’s an arms race for phages against bacteria. And even then, when bacteria up their phage resistance, they also decrease their antibiotic resistance.

  • @dh5546
    @dh5546 Před 5 lety +2

    1.5 speed works better

  • @christianrichmond4884
    @christianrichmond4884 Před 3 lety

    Would our immune system get rid of the phages? ive read that most phages are hunted from the environment. doesnt that means they are foreign particles?

    • @KelliePixieAshton
      @KelliePixieAshton Před 2 lety

      Once phages have eliminated their target bacteria, they no longer have cells to invade, so the body's immune system would clear them

  • @MildorZalost0
    @MildorZalost0 Před 6 lety +5

    Can I marry her voice?

  • @josefinamartinez2251
    @josefinamartinez2251 Před 4 lety

    Josefina Martinez :just looking for information and I got yours very interesting

  • @NMW80
    @NMW80 Před 7 lety +1

    where can I go to get these viruses,i have no immune and infections like staph or strep,not sure yet what it is as opnly just caught it.please help me get these viruses or I will die

  • @NMW80
    @NMW80 Před 7 lety +1

    what is the point in this ifbthey don't say what phage it is.

    • @carolynrobe6160
      @carolynrobe6160 Před 5 lety +1

      Phages are viruses that kill bacteria. Strange that this information did not come through clearly to you. Or are you wondering what a virus really is? It is a small entity that does not respond to antibiotics. What is the point? The point is that there is an alternative to antibiotics to cut down on their overuse?

  • @SOULRELIEF22
    @SOULRELIEF22 Před 2 lety +1

    JESUS is our FATHER!
    "All things are made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made." John 1:3! What a sad statement to say atheistic Darwin is a father to mankind. I WAS atheist but JESUS SAVED me in 1972! AMEN! GOD is JEALOUS. HIS NAME is JEALOUS!
    Oh. Mormons didn't become filled with the HOLY GHOST and that is your problem.
    JESUS is RETURNING SOON! ALLELUIA!

  • @SOULRELIEF22
    @SOULRELIEF22 Před 2 lety +1

    REPENT and RECEIVE JESUS as your LORD and SAVIOUR to have your name secured in His Book of Life!
    "And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."
    Revelation 20:15!
    WOE to the ones who leave JESUS!

  • @AceDeclan
    @AceDeclan Před 4 lety +1

    This was not well explained at all.

    • @gaius_enceladus
      @gaius_enceladus Před 2 lety

      Bacteriophage (phage) - a virus that attacks bacteria.

  • @garypylant3299
    @garypylant3299 Před 4 lety

    I have a new Antibiotic ... PilotsResortAndIceCreamFactory ...